Sage, which has been moving away from country-by-country organization, has named Blair Crump as president. It is the first time the United Kingdom-based software company has had a resident for the company's world-wide operations and is part of a massive replacement among the top 100 executives and managers that has occurred in the last two years.

Six areas of competency have been added to the professional learning and development website of the American Institute of CPAs and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The website is designed to provide personalized approach to lifelong learning and career development.

Software drove a revenue increase of 4 percent for Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting North America for the first half ended June 30. Worldwide, tax and accounting produced revenue of about $627.6 million, up 1 percent. In a recent earnings statement, the company attributed the unit's North American growth to sales of both its on-premise and cloud-based applications.

Sage has introduced the Sage Cloud to integrate applications to connect all its products. In a trading update for the third quarter ended June, CFO Stephen Hare said this week the impact should not be measured in its financial impact this year, but in how it changes the way products are used.