Earlier this month, I just missed Rich Spring, Sage North America's EVP and chief revenue officer, who was talking to someone at the Information Technology Alliance conference. He darted away before I could talk to him. No need now as the Spring era has ended. Spring, who joined the company in April, has left with Sage thanking him for his time. CFO Marc Scheipe, who is serving as interim president of Sage North America, will take over his duties until a replacement is found.

When discussing results for the year ended September 30, Stephen Kelly, CEO of the Sage Group, said almost 40 percent of the company's top 100 employees had been replaced. That shuffling continues as Sage's focus on operating as a global company—not country-by-country—is being shown by the continued appointment of staffers to global positions. Among those elevated in December was Sally Swoboda, who had been senior business analyst for X3, and who became global distribution product manager for the manufacturing package.

SAP Canada has hired John Graham as managing director. Graham replaces Bob Elliott, who became SVP of global sales for HootSuite in November. Elliott started at SAP in October 2007 and held the Canadian position from May 2013 until his departure. Graham has spent 14 years at SAP and was most recently head of the Global Partner Organization for SAP North America with, responsibility for managing strategic alliance partners, channel resellers, third-party partners, OEM partners, distribution, inside sales and managed cloud as a service. Graham also served as COO of SAP North America.

Fine Solutions, a Lynwood, Wash.-based Dynamics reseller, has acquired BestTechsSW a Dynamics GP VAR based in Issaquah, Wash. Mike LaBrie, former partner of the purchased company, has joined the Fine Solutions Project Delivery Team. Fine Solutions, headed by CEO Dan Fine, said the deal brings its staff to 35, expected to reach 50 in two years. (And there are so many deals this week I am running out of headline words for "buys".)