Infor keeps making moves and I keep wondering if it’s going to start affecting the mid-market more. But until then, the software company has named Soma Somsundaram as SVP global product development. Somsundaram, has worked with Infor since 2002, will define software and technology strategy in conjunction with chief strategy office Bruce Richardson and will also management worldwide product development teams in the design and rollout of applications and interfaces. He was also tasked with delivering vertically tailored solutions that can be deployed faster, and that last one is fraught with meaning, whatever fraught means. It’s hard not to assume that deploying faster translates into doing something on the Web. although I suppose it could also involve more preconfigured systems. Read more...

There’s nothing more fun that listening to a presentation about the effect of FASB requirements on revenue recognition, is there? Actually, it’s fairly interesting, listening to speakers at a NetSuite event, designed to push its new NetSuite Advanced Revenue Recognition product. My first reaction about the discussions of about the impact of FASB rules on multi-element sales, EITF 08- Read more...