The increasing size of deals boosted results for Qlik Technologies for the year ended December 31. The company saw significant increases in the number of sales more than $100,000 with the number of customer sales rising at every level, including those of more than $1 million. There were nine of those in 2014 compared to seven in 2013. "We continue to see high quality organizations make larger commitments to us," CEO Lars Björk said in this week's earnings webcast.

The ERP segment usually leads Epicor's financial results. But for the first quarter ended December 31, it did not perform as well as the normally strong Retail Distribution segment or the frequently weak Retail Solutions operation. The company lost $6.3 million for the most recent ended period, down from $14.6 million in the corresponding period of fiscal 2014. Revenue fell to $243.9 million down slightly from slight more than $245 million.

Blackbaud spent much of its conference call about the results for the year ended December 31 preparing Wall Street and investors for the impact of its upcoming NXT product line. Raiser's Edge NXT and Financial Edge NXT have been sold since December and will be delivered in the second half. Those buying the desktop versions are buying the right to upgrade to the cloud-based NXT lines.

Sage North America has hired John Pullen as EVP of sales. Pullen is focused on the company's Mid-Market Business Solutions operations.  The Mid-Market division has been led by Joe Langner as EVP of Mid-Market Solutions, but that was a broader range of responsibilities than just sales. This is a new position. A spokesperson said, "He will work with the Sage Demand and Lead Generation Marketing teams to boost new customer acquisition efforts."