Interesting to hear H&R Block's advertisements promoting the use of IBM's Watson computer to process tax returns. I hear there's an underground version of the Block advertisement. "My name is Watson. Why am I wasting my computing power on a bunch of penny-ante tax returns?

Acumatica has introduced two industry editions of its cloud-based financial suite. The latest is the Acumatica Commerce edition, which integrates with Magento via the Kensium Connector. Ray Rebello, the company's director of product marketing, described the new edition as addressing a large market.

The Deltek Learning Zone has been launched as a one-stop shop for Deltek learning tools. Introduced by Deltek University, the online information provided is designed to get clients up and running more quickly on the software from the Reston, Va.-based project software company.

SugarCRM has named Karen Willem as CFO. She fills the position held by Steve Valenzuela from January 2015 through November 201. Willem was CFO of Lilee Systems from October 2015 through January. Before that she was CFO of iPass from June 2013 through June 2015. Besides being responsible for SugarCRM's financial operations, Willem will direct other general and administrative functions.