Former CEO of Sage North America, Pascal Houillon, who brought new meaning to the word "focus", has become CEO of the Cegid Group. His LinkedIn profile shows Houillon joined the firm in France's Lyon area this month.

And in today's episode of "Leave It to Beaver", the Beave asks Wally about that funny smell that was coming from behind the garage after he spotted Wally coming around the corner of the building. He also asks about the funny balloons he found in Wally's room... I was discussing the Fibonacci Series and someone asked, "Oh, which sport is that?"

Avalara will hold its second Crush conference in Austin, Texas, in the spring. The Seattle, Wash.-based sales-tax software company on May 2 and 3. The company says attendees will include accounting professionals and financial executives.

The Sage Group has entered an agreement to purchase Fairsail, an HR software company based in the United Kingdom. Sage already had minority interest in the company, which had launched Sage People, a shared project, in 2016. Fairsail is reported to have annual revenue of about $12.5 million.