With "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno being forced out of his job after 22 years, millions of fans will be sitting forlornly in front of their TVs with cutouts of Leno's face pasted to the screen. There were many celebrities paying tribute to Leno on his last broadcast, including Kim Kardashian, who displayed the talents that made her famous, whatever those are. However, when she turned to embrace Jay with her back to the camera, we were shown the proof.

Reseller and ISV Professional Advantage has taken over the Collection Management application as expected. The Australia-based company is releasing a new version of the product that it originally developed and had been marketed by Microsoft for 12 years. PA says it is working with the channel to support customers and will start selling subscriptions to the application through its own channel starting April 1.

The second long-term veteran of Intuit's accounting program is leaving the tax and accounting software company. Jill Ward, SVP of the Accounting Professionals Division, is exiting in March to return to be near her family in Boston, Mass. Ward joined Intuit in 2001 as the VP and general manager of the company's QuickBase operations. Her announcement follows last month's retirement of Rich Walker, who had served as the company's director of global accountant strategy and programs since August 2012 and had been with Intuit for 15 years.

Manufacturing software vendor Plex has named Don Clarke as CFO. Clarke comes to the Troy, Mich.-based cloud company after having spent five years at Eloqua, which produces marketing automation applications, through its IPO in 2012 and purchase by Oracle early last year. Press accounts interpreted this as another part of Plex's own move towards an IPO of its own, supported by statements from Plex CEO Jason Blessing that it is following the steps to get to the public market.