Cloud software vendor Xero is opening its third office in the United Kingdom in Manchester, England. The New Zealand-based company said this week the new office, which is scheduled to open in November, will add up to 40 new jobs by early next year.

Acumatica plans to utilize the channel and other parts of the infrastructure of its sister company, IFS, to expand internationally. CEO Jon Roskill said at this week’s Release 2 launch in Waltham, Mass., that Acumatica will piggyback on IFS in countries in which that organization has a presence, such as United Kingdom and South Africa.

Solver has introduced Cloud Starter, a turn-key program designed to provide a less-expensive approach to moving to the B1360 cloud. The new edition bundles together several B160 elements for what the company terms “a comparatively low entry price”.