I've figured out why Chris Christie thinks parents shouldn't be required to have their children vaccinated. It's a way of getting back at those who want to require travelers get vaccinated before visiting New Jersey. The governor and other anti-vaccination forces are urging parents to make a game of measles, telling them to connect dots and then see what the resulting figure resembles.

The increasing size of deals boosted results for Qlik Technologies for the year ended December 31. The company saw significant increases in the number of sales more than $100,000 with the number of customer sales rising at every level, including those of more than $1 million. There were nine of those in 2014 compared to seven in 2013. "We continue to see high quality organizations make larger commitments to us," CEO Lars Björk said in this week's earnings webcast.

The ERP segment usually leads Epicor's financial results. But for the first quarter ended December 31, it did not perform as well as the normally strong Retail Distribution segment or the frequently weak Retail Solutions operation. The company lost $6.3 million for the most recent ended period, down from $14.6 million in the corresponding period of fiscal 2014. Revenue fell to $243.9 million down slightly from slight more than $245 million.