Epicor Software has agreed to buy Atlanta, Ga.-based ShopVisible, a cloud software company that markets retail order management and digital commerce applications. Epicor said ShipVisible's order management system would combine with its own POS, mobile POS, Enterprise Selling, Merchandising and Warehouse Management system to provide an "integrated end-to-end cloud-based solution for omni-channel retailers."

It is not often Syspro issues a press release about the signing of a reseller in the United States. But this week, it said it has enlisted Missouri, Texas-based Atrac Solutions, a Dynamics GP VAR. Atrac plans to support its current base, but sell Syspro to new customers particularly those that need manufacturing capabilities. Atrac, owned by Charlie Smith, describes itself as a company of "CPAs and technology professionals" on its website.

Marinus ter Laak has resigned his position as managing director of Exact's Business Solutions division. Ter Laak, who joined the Netherlands-based company, also left his position on the board of managing directors of the company. In European practice, such boards typically are comprised by the CEO, CFO and other top executives involved in day-to-day operations and are under the purview of the supervisory board. His base salary was about $373,000.

The howling sound is probably a number of Sage resellers reacting to increases in tier levels of software products. The move was about as popular as Bill Cosby showing up at a Playboy Bunny reunion as the threshold for the top tier, the purchases of Mid-Market financial applications needed to qualify for the Diamond Tier, rose by 48 percent. The amount is now $400,000 for that level, $200,000 for Platinum and $100,000 for Gold.