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 Despite Economy, Market Still Ripe for Accounting Tech

November 9, 2009 

Despite Economy, Market Still Ripe for Accounting Tech

Technology vendors are feeling some of the effects of the tightened economy, but some accounting tech vendors are still growing. BQE Expands BQE Software, which makes the popular BillQuick program and offers business management software for professional services organizations, announced today that it has acquired Orange Loft, LLC, the makers of ArchiOffice and EngineerOffice, which...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 AICPA Announces 2009 Top Technology Initiatives

November 6, 2009 

AICPA Announces 2009 Top Technology Initiatives

Speaking at the 29th Annual Thomson Reuters Users’ Conference for Professional Tax Accounting Firms, Roman Kepczyk, CPA.CITP, announced the AICPA’s 2009 Top Technology Initiatives. The conference was held November 4-7 at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida. Kepczyk is a member of the AICPA’s Special Committee on Enhanced Business Reporting and a prior chairman...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Cellular Vs. Satellite

November 6, 2009 

Cellular Vs. Satellite

Translated, this means that an accounting firm can field a team to a client location, set up its own secure network on the site, and work there for as long as it needs to. The device is portable, and the service plan is about $40 per month. No need to use the client's network or…

Dave McClure

 Embrace Change? What’s the Alternative?

November 5, 2009 

Embrace Change? What’s the Alternative?

I saw a lot of heads nodding in agreement this morning when Jon Baron, president of Professional Software & Services, Tax & Accounting, for Thomson Reuters, asked the profession to “Forget Same-As-Last-Year; Embrace Change!” How many accountants does it take to embrace change? If you can’t count that high, then it’s too many. A bad...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

 Thomson Reuters Hits Portal Milestone

November 3, 2009 

Thomson Reuters Hits Portal Milestone

The client portal is alive and well, thanks to companies such as Thomson Reuters, whose strength in numbers was once again demonstrated. The company just announced its users implemented more than 300,000 client portals with NetClient CS®. The milestone is an increase of more than 100,000 portals in 16 months. “We introduced the profession’s first...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

 Awesome QuickBooks Add-ons for 2010

November 1, 2009 

Awesome QuickBooks Add-ons for 2010

From the Nov. 2009 Issue At The Sleeter Group, we continually study the marketplace of QuickBooks add-ons and services that enhance QuickBooks. I’m quite impressed with the depth and breadth of solutions in the market, including solutions for everything from automotive dealership management solutions to construction, property management, document management, manufacturing, wholesale and distribution. It’s...…

Doug Sleeter