Australia-based software vendor MYOB returned to public financial reporting in first half of June 2015 and finished the year with strength. Net profit after tax for the year ended December 31 was roughly $62.2 million, an increase of 22 percent over the prior year while EBITDA pulled in at approximately $110.7 million, a 19-percent rise. Revenue was about $237 million for fiscal 2015, an increase of 10 percent over 2014. MYOB, owned by Bain Capital, had been a privately held company for several years.

The Association of Dynamics Professionals has opened exams for those wishing to achieve certification in Dynamics GP and NAV. Exams were held in New York, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Houston, Texas, and Phoenix, Ariz. "Beginning this month, any member of the Dynamics professional community can also earn Dynamics NAV and GP certification," notes Joe Carroll, the association's executive director. The association is also offering international testing starting with the Netherlands on March 29 and Midlands, England on April 5.

Blackbaud's revenue from international operations sank by 10.8 percent for the year ended December 31. The breakout for numbers of sales outside of the United States came as the company detailed its new reporting segments with the filing of the nonprofit software company's annual report with the SEC this week. The International Business Unit had slightly less than $42 million in revenue for 2105, down from $47.1 million in 2014.

Marc Scheipe, who has been serving as interim president of Sage North America, has lost the interim label. The company has appointed him as president and he will continue to sit on the Sage executive committee, reporting to CEO Steve Kelly. In making the appointment, the company credited Scheipe with hitting financial targets and completing "the first stages of its transformation."