SAP had single-digit revenue growth for the first quarter ended March 31 in what the company says is usually its weakest quarter. However, profit after tax rose to $641.2 million, up 38 percent over last year in IFRS terms, although an increase of only 9 percent on a non-IFRS basis. License sales were a drag on revenue, increasing only 1 percent to $3.57 billion. The revenue numbers missed SAP'S guidance and the Americas were a big factor in that.

ComputerWorks NFP Solutions was named as volume sales leader overall as nonprofit software vendor AccuFund picked its top VARs. The Partner Leadership Awards were announced last month at the  company's annual reseller meeting. ComputerWorks, based in Toronto, Ontario, was founded by Jean Oswald in 1982. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Brisbane Consulting Group was honored as volume leader in non-profit sector sales.

Unit4 has hired Stephen Sieber as CEO, immediately replacing José Duarte, who has held the job since 2013. Sieber joined the software company early in 2104 as EVP of strategy and operations and tacked on duties as head of sales in the middle of 2015. In its official announcement, the Utrecht, Netherlands-based company said Duarte will "pursue other business ambitions outside the enterprise software market", for which the English translation must be something like "he's got a stiff non-compete."