In a move that ought to stir discussion, the Sage Group has named Steve Hare, most recently operating partner at Apax Partners, as CFO. The appointment is effective January 3 when he replaces Paul Harrison, who left in September after 16 years at Sage. Hare has more than 10 years of experience as a CFO, so we probably should not dwell too much on the fact that Apax is the company that bought Epicor Software and Activant Solutions and welded them together under the name Epicor.