Mary Girsch-Bock is a graduate of the University of Illinois-Chicago. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business. A former QuickBooks beta tester, Mary has been a featured regular contributor to CPA Practice Advisor since 2002, and she has also been published in The Motley Fool, The Blueprint, and Property Manager.com. She currently writes a monthly accounting and technology-related blog for PLANERGY, and ghostwrites several blogs for various software companies.
November 17, 2016
No longer do business owners have to choose between an online version and a desktop version of a product. Using an application hosting service, users can access their favorite products remotely.
November 17, 2016
Cloudnine Realtime is an excellent solution for accounting firms as well as other businesses including law firms and consulting groups. The product is scalable; offering 4 editions of the product, making it suitable for the ...
November 17, 2016
Xcentric offers convenient system access from any location, and also offers access to the network using a variety of devices, such as Windows tablets, Blackberry devices, Apple and Android devices, and smartphones. There is a slight fee associated ...
November 17, 2016
InsynQ hosts a variety of popular applications and can host all editions of QuickBooks, including QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier, and QuickBooks Enterprise. InsynQ can also host Sage products such as Sage 50, Sage 100, and Sage 300.
November 17, 2016
Right Networks easily hosts both QuickBooks as well as numerous applications. Multiple QuickBooks versions are supported by the product, and users can use additional versions of QuickBooks at no additional charge. All data is securely encrypted ...
November 17, 2016
AccountantsWorld Client Portals are part of AccountantsWorld suite of products making it a good fit for firms looking for a comprehensive accounting and tax management product, or those already using AccountantsWorld applications.
November 17, 2016
NetClient Portals, part of the NetClient CS Suite allows accounting firms to offer clients easy access to tax documents, invoices, and payroll information. The product works best in an environment where other Thomson Reuters applications are being used.
November 17, 2016
CCH Axcess Portal contains bi-directional capability, making it easy to both send and receive files. The product supports a variety of file types, including Web Pages, Word documents, Excel files, PDF’s, PowerPoint presentations, and hyperlinks, as ...
November 17, 2016
Although accounting firms have typically used email to send files to their clients, stricter confidentiality requirements and difficulty in transmitting large files have made email usage difficult, if not impossible in most situations. Portals offer a ...
November 17, 2016
A great solution for firms using QuickBooks, SmartVault offers both bi-direction portal capability as well as complete document storage capability. A QuickBooks plug-in is available that allows users to scan a document into the system and sync the ...
October 23, 2016
W2 Mate is an easily affordable product from Real Business Solutions that provides accountants and businesses with the ability to prepare, import, file and print both W-2’s and 1099 forms. The vendor also offers a long-list of add-on modules to ...
October 23, 2016
After-the-Fact Payroll from AccountantsWorld is designed specifically for professional accountants as a payroll system that offers excellent year-end tax reporting capability as well.
