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May 6, 2009 

In late April, an Los Angeles office building was hit by burglars who stole computers from 60 of the 80 businesses in the building, including a CPA whose computer had the tax documents of 800 clients. What would you do if this happened to you? Panic? Sure. Rely on the backups you should have had?...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

May 3, 2009 

DENVER — The Series4000 suite from Real Asset Management International (RAMI) has been selected by Engineering-Environmental Management (e²M) to manage and track the company’s 1,500 assets, while also providing a comprehensive and centralized fixed asset register on which to store and manage data relating to its extensive portfolio of fixed assets. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado,...…

May 1, 2009 

I’m Scottish by heritage and nature, and we denizens of the Highlands have a certain reputation for frugality to the extreme. In simple terms, we tend to be cheap. This means that I am always on the scout for sources of good technology, hardware and software at lower-than-you-could-expect rates. It is a difficult quest, because...…

Dave McClure

Technology April 30, 2009 

Integration Extends NetSuite to Support Sales Tax Management Service Automation Giving Businesses the Benefit of Improved Efficiency and Time Savings

April 25, 2009 

Many of you know that Source Media will soon roll Practical Accountant and Accounting Technology into Accounting Today. I am saddened by the loss of the publication’s two editors and colleagues, Jeff Stimpson (Practical Accountant) and Bob Scott (Accounting Technology), and wish them well in their new endeavors. The loss of these two niche publications...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

April 25, 2009 

A couple of weeks ago, I received a press release from Commercial Logic, Inc., a company that’s been around the accounting space since 1981, mostly offering practice management systems and such. The gist of the announcement is that they’ve partnered with Advanced Professional Solutions (APS), which apparently has had a strong user base in the...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

April 23, 2009 

Whether we’re talking about the recession or the latest celebrity mishap, my close friends sometimes refer to me as a “Pollyanna” – always seeing the brighter side of the situation. You know the type: the eternal optimist … the glass really is half full … give a person five chances. That’s why a Financial Times...…

Scott Cytron

April 21, 2009 

The keyboard of your computer is filthy. Even if it doesn't have that familiar brown-to-black border around each key. Even if you are the one person in a billion who never eats or drinks anything at your workstation. Even if you are the cleanest, most obsessive neat freak on the planet. Over time, tiny bits…

Dave McClure

April 20, 2009 

HANOVER, NH – Commercial Logic, Inc., a provider of practice management software for the accounting profession, has announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Advanced Professional Solutions Pty Ltd (APS), a leading global supplier of practice management software and services. Established in 1991, with more than 18 years of software development...…

April 16, 2009 

Welcome to CPATechViews.com, a blog covering technologies that affect tax and accounting professionals. CPATechViews.com features posts by practicing professionals, technology consultants and the editorial staff of The CPA Technology Advisor, the profession’s most trusted source for technology information. While this is the first blog entry for CPATechViews.com, The CPA Technology Advisor has long enjoyed a...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

April 16, 2009 

Agreement Brings Customer Relationship Management Integration to All QuickBooks Users

April 16, 2009 

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