Deltek has moved to the cloud with the launch of Deltek CRM. The introduction broadens the Reston, Va.-based company's line up in this application area, which already includes the desktop Vision CRM for professional services firms and GovWin Capture Management for government contractors. Deltek CRM was one of a number of announcements from this month's Insight 2014 user conference. The company also has released Maconomy 2.0, its accounting application for professional services firms.

For its first quarter, Intuit loses money since it is outside of tax season. The question is how much it loses; in this case $84 million for the period ended October 31, compared to $11 million in last year's corresponding period. However, the fact the company is now recognizing all revenue ratably is shoving $400 million into fiscal 2016 and beyond has a role in boosting the red ink. On the top, Intuit reported revenue $672 million, an increase of 8 percent from $622 million a year ago.

Deltek has named Duane Kotsen to the position of SVP of Global Services. The position is a new one for the Reston, Va.-based publisher of project management applications. CEO Mike Corkery said the company has been successful moving upmarket and it expects the addition of Kotsen will assist in that arena and in its increasingly international operations.

SAP is increasingly pitching its often-maligned Business ByDesign cloud application into two-tier installations. The product is aimed at divisions at companies that run the SAP Business Suite at the enterprise level. It's a strategy also being followed by competitor NetSuite which pitches its SaaS application as something that companies with SAP at the core can deploy at divisions. However, SAP argues that It is far easier to integrate two SAP-developed products than one from SAP and one from an outsider.