Fishbowl, whose product is a widely used inventory package for QuickBooks, has posted a notice on its Web site asking for applications from those interested in being beta testers for Fishbowl 2010.

Until December 31, midsize companies that purchase SAP's Business All-in-One solution or its SAP ERP with at least 15 SAP application professional users and 15 SAP application limited professional users get SAP CRM with the package.

Sage has named Clifton J. "Johnny" Laurent Jr., as VP and general manager of the Sage Employer Solutions business unit, which handles the company's Abra HRMS software. He will report to Himanshu Palsule, EVP and general manager for Sage Business Solutions. Laurent will have direct responsibility for R&D, product management, product marketing and customer support. Laurent  joined Sage in 2005 and was most recently VP of customer support and services for the organization. Prior to that, he operated his own customer support consultancy.

Intuit has reiterated the guidance it gave Wall Street for its expectations about the company's financial performance for the year ending July 31, 2010 with its financial institutions business expected to show the most growth.