An AllState insurance agent phoned me at home and after playing coy when I said, "Who's calling?" he replied "It's your lucky day." "We'll it's certainly not yours. You're not in very good hands," I said as I hung up the phone. ... Just got a jury duty notice. I know how to keep from being empanelled on a particular case. Just keep yelling, "Hang him."

BI vendor Qlik has launched Qlik Branch, which it terms "an extended commitment to the developer and open source communities." The product provides access to the APIs of the company's Qlik Sense and QlikView lines to enable better and easier integration with home-grown and third-party web technologies and applications.

Scott Zandbergen, who has been VP of the business development and professional network for Wave Accounting, has moved to Intuit Canada. Zandbergen signaled the change of jobs in a Tweet that says he will lead marketing for ProFile, Intuit's professional tax software in Canada. Zandbergen held the post with Wave from May 2011 through December.