Denmark-based Columbus said it is integrating SMB and enterprise operations in the United States ahead of schedule because of results for the half ended June 30. The reselling and software development company did not spell out what that meant during this week's webcast.

Accel-KKR has sold nonprofit software company Abila to Community Brands. The investment company acquired Abila in 2013 when the business was spun-off from the Sage Group. Community Brands combines Abila, Aptify and Your Membership into one company. 

The game of executive musical chairs at Sage is continuing with the departure of Marc Scheipe as president of Sage North America. Scheipe took over in October 2015 as interim president and got the permanent (?) job in February. Nancy Harris, who is stepping in as interim president for the continent. In an internal announcement, Harris said Scheipe has decided to pursue other opportunities. A lot of that going around Sage these days. Harris ran the software company's operations in Canada until becoming VP of Sage's North American partner and accountant business in August. I had been wondering how badly Sage needed a North American president after appointing Blair Crump, based in New York, as worldwide president.

BizNet Software has released Excel-based reporting for SAP Business One and Syspro. The product-specific versions of BizNet deliver the same functions to the different ERP packages and that includes real-time Excel reporting and analytics. Both offer drag-and-drop reporting and business intelligence and multi-dimensional drill downs while leveraging existing spreadsheets.