The results for NetSuite's second quarter ended June 30 would normally be something to crow about. But given the day's announcement that the mother ship is calling NetSuite home—Oracle is buying NetSuite—it seems the rooster has left the building. And the cloud-based software company cancelled this week's second-quarter earnings call. But there was progress on all fronts.

Sage proclaimed that it had 15,000 people registered to physically attend its Summit conference this week in Chicago and another 15,000 signed up remotely. The question yet to be answered is how happy are exhibitors and right now, there's not enough input to reach any conclusion.

AccuFund has introduced the Position Control Module, an add-on to the Payroll Module in the AccuFund Accounting Suite. The new application tracks employees by position and ascertains which positions are open or have been filled. It offers two levels of use with Level One tracking whether a position is filled and Level Two recording an encumbrance on the funds in a grant or a department to pay for the employee through the end of their contracted payroll time.