Sage has put Jennifer Warawa back in charge of its accountant program. Warawa is taking over the company's channel operations with the new title of EVP of partners, accountants, and alliances as accountant program rearranged people and executive titles this week.

The increase in subscriptions for QuickBooks Online beat Intuit's estimates when the software company's third quarter ended on April 30. There were 2,222,000 subscribers on that date, up 59 percent over 1,397,000 for the prior year's corresponding period, Intuit said when it recently reported quarterly financial results.

SAP's recent Sapphire conference was filled with the giant software maker's product announcements. It also highlighted the company's very broad role in social activism, and in particular, a commitment to a wide-ranging program to ensure diversity in hiring and promotion.