Intacct, emphasizing features for a variety of industries in its new release, says Sage Intacct 2018 Release 2 offers tools to ensure HIPAA compliance. The cloud software company this week has introduced an advanced audit trail so organizations subject to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act can ensure tools, security, and agreements are in place.

Avalara pumped money into sales and marketing and R&D but still managed a slight narrowing of its loss in the first quarter ended March 31. The sales-and-use tax vendor reported the quarterly numbers in its amended form S-1 as it prepared to go public this week.

Deltek has hired Mike Strazza as its SVP of global sales. The software company said this week Strazza will lead both direct and channel sales around the world. Previously, he was with CA Technologies form August 2005 through May this year.