Net at Work continues mopping up smaller Sage resellers this month. It most recently said it has purchased Pleasanton, Calif.-based Sysera, a Sage 300 reseller. New York-based Net at Work has said there will be more purchases of smaller Sage resellers that are part of its network program.

Sage intends to increase its spending for research and development from about 15 percent of annual recurring revenue to 17 percent, chief executive Steve Hare said. He made his comments during this week’s webcast for earnings for the year ended September 30, a year marked by the continuing move to the cloud.

C3 AI, led by industry CRM vendor Tom Siebel, has filed to go public. The company, which utilizes technology from Microsoft and Adobe Systems, is picturing its AI-based technology as superior to that provided by market leader Salesforce.com.