Epicor Software is introducing a new program for its ISVs. The Epicor Alliance ISV Program is in an early adopter phase with participation by invitation only. Vish Thirumurthy, global head of alliances, described the program at this week’s Epicor Insights conference.

SugarCRM, the provider of open source, cloud-based CRM, has a new packaged integration between its application and Marketo, a marketing automation product from Nepo Systems. Marketo helps users “turn anonymous web visitors into leads, and track and manage the conversion of leads into closed deals,” according to the official announcement. Nepo’s website notes its business application suite is powered by three open source products, SugarCRM, Joomla and Zimbra.