Earlier this month, I just missed Rich Spring, Sage North America's EVP and chief revenue officer, who was talking to someone at the Information Technology Alliance conference. He darted away before I could talk to him. No need now as the Spring era has ended. Spring, who joined the company in April, has left with Sage thanking him for his time. CFO Marc Scheipe, who is serving as interim president of Sage North America, will take over his duties until a replacement is found.

Open Systems has acquired SouthWare Innovations, a financial software provider based in Auburn, Ala. No terms were disclosed as both companies are privately held. SouthWare was been around for a while—it was formed in 1984 by Jim Clemens, who has been its CEO since then. Open Systems, based in the Minneapolis, Minn., area, says SouthWare will continue to enhance its software and also market its software products.

Abila has named Bethany Little to the position of VP of client services. Little joins the Austin, Texas-based nonprofit software vendor after serving as VP of customer success for HotSchedules from May 2014 through this month. She takes over a position previously held by Cooper Caywood, who had joined the nonprofit software company in March 2014.