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 The Hardware Side of Document Management

June 11, 2009 

The Hardware Side of Document Management

But interestingly, in all the ballyhoo about the importance of DM, and the number of rapidly evolving systems that offer state-of-the-art, soup-to-nuts storage and retrieval, we have overlooked what may be the most important part of document management – the hardware.

Dave McClure

 The 3 “P” Approach to More Creative Marketing

June 11, 2009 

The 3 “P” Approach to More Creative Marketing

When was the last time you looked at something differently?  I was in San Francisco June 7-10 for the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) Conference, and had the pleasure of hearing Sam Harrison of Zing Zone speak on creative marketing and its three components: Passion, Performance and Pitch. His talk was well worth my...…

Scott Cytron

 New Tax Vendor for the Professional Market? No.

June 10, 2009 

New Tax Vendor for the Professional Market? No.

A few weeks ago, I posted an article here about the possibility of a new professional tax prep vendor coming to the market (www.cpatechviews.com/2009/04/is-a-new-tax-vendor-coming-to-town). That was after I discovered that CLI, Inc., a long-time vendor of practice management systems for accounting firms, had become the U.S. distributor of the APS suite of professional products. The...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Using Social Networking to Build Your own Brand

June 5, 2009 

Using Social Networking to Build Your own Brand

There’s a lot of talk these days about personal branding. Although there are many ways to define this, I think a personal brand is the image you portray to others on a professional level. Can you easily identify your own personal brand? A recent article on Knowledge@Wharton encouraged me to blog about building your own...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

 How is Susan Boyle Like an Accounting Firm?

June 4, 2009 

How is Susan Boyle Like an Accounting Firm?

You’d have to be living under a rock not to know who Susan Boyle is, but in case you don’t, she’s came in second place in “Britain’s Got Talent,” a competition that propelled this no-name singer to instant stardom, thanks to a mix of kudos from Simon Cowell and a bit of viral marketing. How...…

Scott Cytron

 ASWA Opens Nominations for Awards

June 4, 2009 

ASWA Opens Nominations for Awards

Celebrate Influential Women in the Accounting, Finance Industries and Promote Companies that Support Work/Life Balance and Financial Literacy Volunteers

 Intuit Acquiring PayCycle

June 2, 2009 

Intuit Acquiring PayCycle

Intuit has reached an agreement to acquire PayCycle for $170 million. The company will be integrated into Intuit’s Payroll division. PayCycle’s simple-but-thorough online payroll compliance system, geared generally toward smaller small businesses (although they claim to be able to support up to 150 employees). The system offers automated reminders on federal and state tax payments...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Intuit to Acquire PayCycle

June 2, 2009 

Intuit to Acquire PayCycle

Companies Joining Forces to Provide new Online Payroll Offerings to Small Businesses, Accountants and Financial Institutions

 2009 Innovation Award Winners Announced!

June 2, 2009 

2009 Innovation Award Winners Announced!

Hey, CPATechViews followers… the 2009 Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards were just announced at the California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles on Monday evening. We Tweeted the results live during the presentation ceremony (www.Twitter.com/cpatechadvisor). This year’s winners are Bill.com for its self-branded online payables management system; Capital Confirmation, Inc. for...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon