Asked if the Dynamics market is confused, RSM's Steve Ems gave a surprisingly frank answer. "I think it is a problem." For me, to have Ems, Principal and National Business Applications Leader, for RSM, a large reseller, willing to say this publicly underlines just how much confusion there is.

The headline probably seems like a dumb question, given all the rebranding Sage has done. However, it only refers to the company's strategic products, Live, Intacct and X-3.

Lighter Capital, which provides funding to startup tech companies, has created the Lighter Capital Intuit Developer Fund. The announcement at QuickBooks Connect this week says the fund allocates $15 million of Lighter's credit facility to those develop applications for QuickBooks.