Air New Zealand has named Avi Golan, VP of Intuit's Small Business Group, to the role of chief digital officer. His hiring was reported in New Zealand business publications last week. Golan had served in the Intuit job since November 2013. His LinkedIn profile described the position as leading "the platform strategy to grow the QuickBooks ecosystem ..."

Ninety percent of world's data has been created in the last year and I think I'm getting it via my email system. ... Someone asked me if I liked cat videos. I said, "No, and I don't think their little paws can handle the controls on the cameras." ... In response to the overreaction to gluten in food, I am preparing a cookbook that celebrates gluten-infused food. ... I was explaining the plot of Verdi's opera, "La Traviata", in which Alfredo is in love with Violetta, a courtesan.

The Sage 50 accounting software line and its X3 manufacturing application led revenue growth in North America for the year ended September 30, the Sage Group said this week. Overall, the company had its greatest rate of revenue growth in eight years, CEO Steve Kelly said during this week's earnings webcast. That included 4-percent organic revenue increases reported on this continent. Worldwide, Sage reported net profit of roughly $347.6 million, an increase of 32.6 percent from the prior year and worldwide revenue of about $2.15 billion, an increase of 6.1 percent from fiscal 2014.