SugarCRM has created SugarExchange, an online store for applications and integration software products developed by the company's partners. GitHub is also hosting SugarCE-AddOns, a repository where users of Sugar Community Edition software can find add-ons and extensions. Clint Oram, co-founder and chief technology officer of SugarCRM, noted that with Sugar 7 the company began separating its Commercial and Community editions.

Unit4 has named Erik Tiden as chief technology officer. Tiden was previously GM for the global Microsoft Dynamics' cloud and on-premise business for small and medium-sized businesses from September 2012 through May 2015. Before that, he was VP of engineering, business solutions at Hewlett Packard from July 2011 through August 2012. He held several executive positions earlier at SAP where he worked for slightly more than 10 years. His last position there was as SVP and global head of custom development.

Just to confuse things, Plumbline Consulting has acquired Progressive Systems Solutions. This is not the Plumbline Solutions that became Solomon Cloud Solutions, noted elsewhere in this newsletter. It's a consulting and reselling firm owned by Jim Bowman and Joe Longo, owners of the SBS Group. The companies did have a relationship: Plumbline Consulting was spun out of Plumbline Solutions about six years ago.