Australia-based software vendor MYOB returned to public financial reporting in first half of June 2015 and finished the year with strength. Net profit after tax for the year ended December 31 was roughly $62.2 million, an increase of 22 percent over the prior year while EBITDA pulled in at approximately $110.7 million, a 19-percent rise. Revenue was about $237 million for fiscal 2015, an increase of 10 percent over 2014. MYOB, owned by Bain Capital, had been a privately held company for several years.

The Association of Dynamics Professionals has opened exams for those wishing to achieve certification in Dynamics GP and NAV. Exams were held in New York, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Houston, Texas, and Phoenix, Ariz. "Beginning this month, any member of the Dynamics professional community can also earn Dynamics NAV and GP certification," notes Joe Carroll, the association's executive director. The association is also offering international testing starting with the Netherlands on March 29 and Midlands, England on April 5.

Intacct has promoted Taylor Macdonald, who heads the cloud software company's channel sales. Macdonald, who joined the San Jose, Calif.-based company in 2010 as VP of channel sales, was made SVP this month. In both positions, Macdonald has been responsible for Intacct's go-to-market channel strategy, channel sales, partner recruitment, channel programs and channel development. Macdonald was a top channel executive at Sage, where he worked February 1998 through October 2007. He was then VP of worldwide channel sales and alliances at Deltek for 13 months and VP of channel sales for Promethean in 2008 and 2009.