Sage has selected Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group as a keynote speaker for its Summit conference in late July in Chicago. And thus it begins for the event planned for July 25 through 28. Hopefully, we will see a different brand of PR than we saw in the 2015. That was built around the premise that everyone, including the trade press, wanted to see high-profile speakers like Colin Powell.

Fishbowl has introduced four online products that are aimed at businesses that need to manage inventory. These include Fishbowl Commerce, an online hub that integrates Fishbowl across multiple e-commerce platforms, and Fishbowl Go, an app for Android devices that supports barcode scanning, picking, packing, shipping, cycle counting and other warehouse jobs.

NetSuite has added the Estes Group, Fieldpoint Service Applications and OTT to its Solution Partner Program. The three newbies are a diverse group. The Estes Group sells Epicor 9 and 10 and OTT is a Dynamics GP VAR. Based in Estes Park, Colo., The Estes Group was founded in 2004 with CEO Bruce Grant as managing partner until he took his current title in December 2013.