M-hance, a Dynamics reseller based in the United Kingdom, has launched GP on Demand, a cloud-based managed service for Dynamics GP. The company says the service offers flexible licensing options, technical support and systems management. The product also extends web-based functionality to m-Hance's own applications, Purchase Management, Bank Management and Expenses Management.

Intacct has added Performance Cards, a business analysis tool, in the latest release of its online software. Intacct says the cards provide quick access to data for insights. "They are native to the financial system of records," says Vijay Ramakrishnan, the company's senior director of product marketing. The cards are dashboard visualizations.

Nonprofit software vendor Abila has named Tad Druart as VP of marketing. He replaces Sandra Bucklin, who had taken over the job in May 2013 when Austin, Texas-based Abila was formed to sell the nonprofit products that had been purchased from Sage. Druart was previously director of marketing and communications of Compass Learning, also based in Austin, from October 2011 until he joined Abila. Before that he was director of corporate communications, marketing and investor Relations for Convio from February 2007 through October 2011.

A recent newsletter from the TIW Corp., which markets the Alere line, notes that a client/server version of Alere Manufacturing is in development.  I quickly checked the date to make sure I had not received an old email.  But the May 2014 edition notes that the new version should be available in “a few short months.” It will be shipped on a CD that also has the LAN version of the software so that users can choose their platform.