SAP's Sapphire conference was filled with the giant software maker's product announcements and the company's very broad role in social activism. And the company particularly talked about its program to ensure diversity in hiring and promotion.

Accounting firm RSM US has introduced the Enterprise Resource Planning Rapid Verification Model. The system is designed to cut implementation time and costs by incorporating real company data, rather than sample data, into models.

Sage announced its plans for its Customer Business Centers in June 2015 with two opening that year. At that time, it called for more centers to open in 2016 to revolutionize the way it supported and serviced customers—none did. Things appear to have changed since then.