Syspro Asia Pacific has established the Syspro Academy, which is designed to train IT professionals to become ERP consultants.  Those completing the year-long program will earn full-time jobs within the company in order to help the company keep up with its growth in Asia.

Exact has rolled out the Exact Macola Unity Partner Program, its first major change to the VAR offerings in years, probably a decade? At least, it is the first publicized restructuring of such scale in a long time. For all we know, changes were made quietly in some of the recent years. The company describes the new initiative as part of its "partner-centric go-to-market strategy."

Joseph D. Moye, has resigned his position as president of Blackbaud's Enterprise Customer Business unit. He is leaving the management position on January 30, but will remain as an employee of the Charleston, N.C.-based nonprofit software vendor in a transitional capacity until March 15. Blackbaud says Moye is leaving for personal reasons.