Former CEO of Sage North America, Pascal Houillon, who brought new meaning to the word "focus", has become CEO of the Cegid Group. His LinkedIn profile shows Houillon joined the firm in France's Lyon area this month.

And in today's episode of "Leave It to Beaver", the Beave asks Wally about that funny smell that was coming from behind the garage after he spotted Wally coming around the corner of the building. He also asks about the funny balloons he found in Wally's room... I was discussing the Fibonacci Series and someone asked, "Oh, which sport is that?"

A sure measure of how conference registration is going is if a company sticks to the initial deadline for early-bird pricing. So until March 15, that rate for Sage Summit to be held May 9 through 11 in Atlanta, Ga., is $199.