Kevin Gilroy, who said early in the game that he did not care if moved up in the company, has taken over as the head of Global Indirect Channels for SAP.  Gilroy joined the company in January 2010 as the VP who led channel and business development functions for SAP's North American small and midsize business organization. In that position, he was the visible executive involved in building the reseller base for SAP's cloud offering, Business ByDesign.

It's not clear that Intuit and Intacct have changed the relationship in which QuickBooks grads are being steered to Intacct. Intuit had previously described the relationship as a test. But the language in the last week, at least, is suggesting a stronger tie. Intuit is now showing the following: "Intuit recommends Intacct for companies stretching beyond QuickBooks."