Sage has put an emphasis on increasing the number of women among its executive ranks. According to CEO Steve Kelly, in the last 18 months women have risen from representing a quarter of the top 150 of the company's leaders to one third. Kelly made those statements in the company's recent webcast for its earnings for the year ended September 30.

Microsoft has announced of winners and finalists for the upcoming Worldwide Partner Conference. But the real winner is Dynamics AX, Among Dynamics AX-only VARs placing in three categories involving ERP is the Industry category winner mcaConnect and  finalist HSO International. That also applies to ERP winner, eBecs, and finalists Hitachi Solutions and Moscow-based GMCS (at least it seems like that when I screen out the Cyrillic script).