Infor presented a number of awards to channel members this week at its Americas Partner Summit. The software vendor's awards went to those involved with its wide-ranging product line with Smart Solutions International named the Office of the CFO Partner of the Year. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company carries Infor's SmartStream, SunSystems and Performance Management products.

Exact, on the brink of going private, wound up 2014 with a good performance in its Specialized Solutions, manufacturing packages the Netherlands-based company sells in the United States. "We had a very good year," CEO Erik van der Meijden said during this weeks' earnings webcast for the year ended December 31. The company said the U.S. products, Macola, JobBoss and Exact, had a good year.

Deltek has launched Ajera CRM, a new iteration of the product category for small and medium-sized architectural and engineering firms. The software integrates with Deltek Ajera, the accounting and project management application for those firms. Ajera CRM acts as a central repository for corporate information and sales activities. The company says the platform enables easy execution of marketing campaigns and streamlining proposal development.

Infor is not conducting its Inforum conference in 2015. Instead, the software vendor is planning a series of Infor days at four different cities in the United States this year. It will return to holding Inforum on July through 13 in New York City in 2016. Chief marketing officer Chip Coyle told attendees at the Infor America Partner Summit in San Antonio that Infor days will focus heavily on training.