Pronto Software, an Australian ERP developer, has appointed Stephen Duncan as retail and CRM manager. Duncan, who has more than 15 years of experience in retail and IT, is responsible for overseeing the retail product lifecycle of Pronto XI. Pronto has recruited a handful of resellers in the United States and Canada to handle the financial application.

Sage decided to cut its losses this week as it announced the sale of the Sage Software Healthcare. The English parent of Sage North America is selling the American unit to a private equity group for about 31 percent less than the price it paid for the former Emdeon Practice Services in 2006 and it appears that the revenue of the unit being sold is as much as 27 percent less in dollars than for the organization acquired five years ago. Sage is selling the healthcare operations to Vista Equity Partners for 205 million pounds, down from the 297 million pounds it paid originally.

Sometimes, there’s no news like no news and SAP hasn’t been making much noise with Business By Design since its channel conference in Savannah, Ga., in late February.

Intacct, the online software vendor, continues to dole out announcements of its channel signings. In the steady of trickle of announcements for this month was news of the addition of three channel members. These are Business Solutions, a Springfield, Mo.-based reseller, whose markets include restaurant franchises, financial institutions, healthcare and other services industries. I