The Copley Consulting Group was named Partner of the Year by Infor at the company's recent Partner Summit. Copley has been one of the success stories in Infor's microvertical program through its utilization of Infor Industrial Cloud Suite [SyteLine] to develop a thriving medical device business.

Infor has created a new division, H&L Digital a division designed to provide end-to-end cloud applications. The company said the new division, combined with existing software and platforms, would provide new capabilities. Infor has hired Marc Scibelli as lead digital strategist and head of the new division and said H&L is a client-facing extension of Hook & Loop, the company's in-house creative agency.

SAP was hitting on all software cylinders for the second quarter ended June 30. "We delivered a Trifecta of double-digit software, cloud and operating income growth," CEO Bill McDermott said during this week's earning's webcast. Well, that is in non-IFRS terms. On an IFRS, basis, it was a strong quarter, just not so over-the top.