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 CCH’s Next Generation ProSystem <em>fx</em> Suite Brings Better Way of Working

November 11, 2009 

CCH’s Next Generation ProSystem fx Suite Brings Better Way of Working

CCH has introduced a fundamentally new way of working for tax and accounting professionals with the release of its next generation ProSystem fx Suite – connecting clients, staff and information on a dynamic, centralized and integrated platform. The new platform was introduced to 1,000 tax and accounting professionals at the CCH User Conference 2009, held…

 Congrats to this year’s Awesome Add-ons for QuickBooks

November 10, 2009 

Congrats to this year’s Awesome Add-ons for QuickBooks

The Sleeter Group will be announcing the 2010 winners of the “Awesome Add-ons for QuickBooks” honors this afternoon in Orlando, but he’s given us a heads-up on this year’s winners. So congratulations to the following tech companies who are doing a great job of providing small businesses with additional tools and features specific to their...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Top Small Business Technologies Honored

Technology November 10, 2009 

Top Small Business Technologies Honored

From Nov. 2009: Winners of the 2010 “Awesome Add-ons for QuickBooks” will be announced later today at the Next Generation Accounting Solutions Conference in Orlando, an annual event that showcases businesses management tools and technologies, and offers educational resources to consultants and accounting professionals who serve business clients.

 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