Sage is planning to hold regional Summit conferences next year. This seems to be a move to replace the large Summit show with smaller regional events. The statement from Sage in England, as we say in the press business, neither confirmed nor denied the report.

Acumatica has signed agreements with two more software companies for the use of its cloud platform as the engine for their applications. One company that has licensed the Acumatica Cloud xRP Platform is MedWorks, which offers clinical and ambulatory software services.

Syspro has named James Weir as VP of sales for its Canadian business. This is the second item I've written about a Syspro hire this month. That's about the same number of items written for the three years before October about Syspro personnel changes. Weir takes over on November 1 He joined from Identos where he was VP of sales for the Americas.