Accounting February 28, 2026
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.
February 13, 2012
2012 Review of eTEK International Inc. – eTEK Accounting
eTEK International Inc. – eTEK Accounting 800-888-6894 www.etek.net Best Fit: eTEK is well-suited for smaller construction companies that require flexibility and customization capability and is currently being marketed as a “next step up” from off-the shelf products. Product Strengths: Updated and redesigned for Microsoft Office 2010 Solid Equipment Management module comes standard with...…
February 13, 2012
2012 Review of A-Systems Corporation – A-Systems JobView
A-Systems Corporation – A-Systems JobView 800-365-6790 www.a-systems.net Best Fit: JobView offers excellent scalability, offering small to mid-sized construction related businesses a solid financial and job costing product while providing assurance that the software can transition and grow with them. Strengths: Scalable: available in three versions Excellent full-featured payroll designed for the construction industry Latest version...…
February 13, 2012
2012 Review of FOUNDATION Software – FOUNDATION for Windows
FOUNDATION Software – FOUNDATION for Windows 800-246-0800 www.foundationsoft.com Best Fit: FOUNDATION for Windows contains a full menu of features designed specifically for construction related businesses. While small construction companies with under $1 million in revenues may not need Foundation, just about any mid-to large construction company or contracting firm will find this product useful. Product...…
February 13, 2012
2012 Review of Management Information Control Systems – Builder Information System (BIS)
Management Information Control Systems – Builder Information System (BIS) 800-838-6427 www.bissoftware.com Best Fit: Builder Information Systems is well-suited for small to mid-sized or larger construction related businesses that desire a scalable product that offers room for growth. Strengths Scalable with 4 Editions available Excellent job costing capability Excellent subcontract management Solid document management and...…
February 8, 2012
Treating ACS (aka, “Accountant Cloud Stagnation”)
Accountants and bookkeepers are eager to put dashboards in front of their clients. There’s no faster way to drive a deeper relationship than to begin surfacing insights and automating opportunities for more regular and substantive interaction.
February 8, 2012
Tools and Apps to Help Manage Your Travels
Traveling can be challenging, and even just planning your travels can be time-consuming and frustrating.
February 8, 2012
Ten Management Systems that Can Help Contractors & Construction Firms Build a Stronger Business
While some industries have managed to struggle back from the weakened economy we’ve experienced the last few years, the construction industry has continued to suffer.
February 8, 2012
How is Your Website Performing?
More firms are beginning to understand the necessity of having a website. In an “online” world, the web is where people go first to research products and services. In essence, it has become the new “front door” to business. And the same is true for accounting firms.
February 8, 2012
Five Reasons Cloud-Based Backup is Better
Five Reasons Cloud-Based Backup is Better than Local.
February 8, 2012
2012 CES Trends in Your Future
CES is one of the largest trade shows in the world with over 153,000 attendees reviewing thousands of new consumer gadgets in venues covering 1.8M square feet (or to put that into perspective-37 football fields).
February 8, 2012
How to Make Social Media Work for Your Firm
Whether you already use social media for business or you’re still thinking about it, the concept to start with is, “why.” You can most certainly jump in and start experimenting—that’s how many people begin. But sometimes I see frustration mount as these folks evaluate if their efforts are worth it.
February 8, 2012
The Rise of Ultrabooks: Top Technology Initiatives
Back in 2007, the EEE series from ASUS, the netbook line, was released. It was exactly what people needed at the moment: something small, portable, light, and it could run Windows or Linux. Even if it was slow, all they wanted to do were basic computing tasks. After the release of the EEE series netbook,…