Online Services

September 1, 2011 

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is a collection of tactics that are applied to your website to help it rank better in the results when people use searches to find people and businesses they need. SEO, as an industry, literally changes every day. Search engines, like Google, constantly tweak how they rank and present search…

Justin Spencer

July 29, 2011 

I recently returned from the Sage conference in Washington, D.C., where I spent a great deal of time with thought leaders Ron Baker and Ed Kless. Each of us led sessions focused on improving firm operations. Collectively, Ron, Ed and I helped firms think through the many aspects of running a successful business. For example,...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

July 14, 2011 

CPA Practice Advisor Executive Editor Darren Root, CPA, presents a 2011 Innovation Award Honorable Mention to Freshbooks, recognizing the technology vendor's completely SaaS-based small business management system. The Awards were announced during a ceremony at the California Accounting & Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles, June 6, 2011.

June 6, 2011 

I think it’s fair to say that just about every accounting and tax practice in the country has given consideration to deploying a client portal in recent years. In fact, current estimates are that the number of firms that have a client portal in place is somewhere in the range of 20% to 40%.

John Higgins

May 23, 2011 

Bill.com, a provider of integrated bill payment, online invoicing and cash management solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and accounting/bookkeeping firms, today announced a significant product update that brings powerful new document management and accounts receivable features to customers seeking to better manage and control their day-to-day financial operations online, anytime, anywhere, and using...…

May 5, 2011 

EASTON, PA – May, 2011– TIW Technology, is pleased to announce the release of ALERE Accounting v7.0 as the latest addition to the ALERE Business Applications family of products. ALERE Accounting v7.0 represents a major advance in accounting solution development. Three high profile features have in particular set this release apart from the rest of...…

February 18, 2011 

Online Exclusive Column

February 9, 2011 

New store creates market for partner applications, demonstrates next step in SaaS business model

January 26, 2011 

Best Ever Performance Demonstrates Cloud Computing and Channel Momentum, Plus Unprecedented Customer Satisfaction

January 11, 2011 

Business customers and VARs can upgrade to Acumatica 2.0 to take advantage of new accounting, distribution, CRM, and ERP features while maintaining customizations

December 16, 2010 

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – SurePrep and the Center for Project Management (CPM) have launched a strategic partnership to deliver SurePrep’s industry leading tax workpaper automation software and services with CPM’s proven change management methodology and tools. “Our tax workpaper automation technologies enable accounting firms to work more efficiently and profitably than ever before, and successful...…

November 23, 2010 

ANN ARBOR, Mich., November 22, 2010—The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters recently marked the 2,500th download of its Mobile CS smartphone app introduced at the 30th annual User’s Conference, October 27-30. The first mobile application designed specifically for tax and accounting professionals, Mobile CS gives Practice CS users access to key firm and...…