SAP wants to transform the front office. As the company reported its results for the first quarter ended March 31, CEO Bill McDermott gave general outlines of the initiative that will be discussed at the company’s Sapphire conference next month. 

Manufacturing software company QAD handed out 55.4-percent increases in compensation in fiscal 2018 for its two top executives. QAD CEO Karl Lopker and president and chairman Pam Lopker received identical pay in fiscal 2017 and 2018.

Compensation for executives at Blackbaud rose by double digits in 2017. The Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit software vendor used stock awards to push up pay of five named executives by more than 19 percent each in the year ended December 31.