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Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
July 27, 2012
2012 Review of CAM Commerce Retail STAR Lite
CAM Commerce — Retail STAR Lite800-726-3282www.camcommerce.com Best Fit: Retail Star is best suited for larger retailers that have very specific needs. Retail Star contains excellent customization capability and retail-industry specific applications. For single location retailers, they may wish to try Retail Ice, a comparable version of the software available for use in one location. Strengths...…
July 27, 2012
2012 Technology Update – Technologies to Watch
Randy Johnston offers his annual Technology Update, pointing out the key trends and technologies that professionals should be aware of and prepared for.
July 27, 2012
Mobile Strategies: App, Mobile Website, or Both?
One of the major changes taking place in the mobile publishing arena is a move away from having true dedicated “apps” to accomplish tasks on the go.
July 27, 2012
Professionals on the Move – July 27, 2012
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
July 27, 2012
2012 Review of Celerant Command Retail – Version 6.4
Celerant Technology Corp. — Celerant Command Retail – Version 6.4718-605-7733www.celerant.com Best Fit: Small, large, or somewhere in between, retailers will surely appreciate Command Center’s long list of product features, all designed to make running a retail establishment a lot easier. That long list of features makes Command Retail particularly well-suited for larger retailers, or...…
July 27, 2012
2012 Review of ECR Software Corp. Catapult 5.1.1
ECR Software Corp. — Catapult 5.1.1800-211-1172www.ecrs.com Best Fit: Catapult is truly designed for a specific part of the retail industry, and with touch screen technology standard on all of its systems, it truly works with high-volume specialty retailers of any size. Strengths Touch screen monitor is standard Product contains unlimited customization capability Little training necessary...…
July 27, 2012
2012 Review of CPASiteSolutions CompleteWebSuite
CPASiteSolutions — CompleteWebSuitewww.CPASiteSolutions.com Best Fit Firms that want a site from one the best template-based web builders along with comprehensive web marketing services, and firms that want to build a website quickly. CPASiteSolutions boasts that it only needs 15 minutes of a CPA’s time and that the dedicated webmaster often completes the site within 2...…
July 27, 2012
Integrating Ecommerce and Shopping Carts with QuickBooks… How Hard Could it Be?
Is it too much for me to ask for a well-integrated shopping cart for our QuickBooks clients? I’m on a mission to find a well-integrated shopping cart solution for our QuickBooks clients. In The Sleeter Group’s blog (www.sleeter.com/blog/2012/01), Jim Savage, our ecommerce expert, recently posted about “Ecommerce, Shopping Carts and QuickBooks.” In that post, he discusses several...…
July 27, 2012
CPA Practice Advisor Goes Around the World
Readers submitted photo of themselves holding either the print or digital issue of the magazine from wherever they might travel.
July 27, 2012
CCH Releases 2012 List of State Tax Holidays in Time for Back-to-School Shopping
State sales tax collections will be dropped on select items such as clothing, footwear, school supplies, computers and other products in several states during upcoming sales tax holidays.
July 26, 2012
Xero Takes Big Bite of Cloud Accounting Market: Hits 100,000 Paying Users
Cloud-based accounting is taking off as small businesses and their public accountants, see the benefits of simplifying workflow, invoicing, payroll and other functions. One of the most rapidly growing companies in the space is Xero, which announced today they now have more than 100,000 paying customers. About 50,000 of those were added just in the...…