Technology March 9, 2026
AuditBoard is Now Optro
"From internal audit and cybersecurity to third-party risk and AI governance, our name now conveys the scale of enterprise risk we help solve for today," Optro CEO Raul Villar Jr. said.
March 20, 2018
Only 21% of Finance Execs Say They Are Very Prepared for New Lease Accounting Rules
Just 21.2 percent of finance, accounting and other professionals say their companies are “extremely” or “very” prepared to comply with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) respective ...
March 19, 2018
Growing Cyber Risk Poses Challenges for Corporate Directors
The report, the first in a joint series of Global Governance Insights on Emerging Risks, was unveiled at the WCD Americas Institute in Miami on March 7, which convened directors from around the world and explored topics ranging from “Next Gen Crises ...
March 14, 2018
Ken Daly Joins KPMG Board Leadership Center as a Sr. Advisor
Ken Daly, former president and chief executive of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), has joined the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) as a senior advisor, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG LLP has announced.
March 9, 2018
Mazars USA Opens Los Angeles Office
Mazars has opened its offices at 1875 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA to serve the increasing needs of its clients and the expanding number of professionals at the location.
March 7, 2018
Automation Greatest Emerging Technology Trend Impacting Insurers
A flash poll conducted by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) indicates automation/robotic process automation (RPA) is the greatest emerging technology trend to impact insurance organizations in the next three to five years.
March 7, 2018
Businesses Not Assessing Risks of Adopting Emerging Technologies
Nearly half (47 percent) of the 200 senior IT risk management executives surveyed whose companies have adopted mobile applications and devices have not included them in recent IT risk assessments. The findings for other emerging technologies are ...
March 6, 2018
69% of CFOs Plan to Increase Tech Spending
Digital transformation is on the rise, with more than two-thirds (69 percent) of CFOs and senior financial executives planning to increase their investment in technologies that speed business change – according to a recent survey conducted by Grant ...
March 6, 2018
Ron Baker, CPA, Inducted into Accounting Hall of Fame
Ron Baker, a CPA who has significantly shaped the accounting profession by developing and evangelizing the value pricing model of accounting firm management, has been inducted into CPA Practice Advisor's Accounting Hall of Fame.
March 5, 2018
Patrick Duffany to Lead CohnReznick Tax Practice
CohnReznick LLP, a national accounting, tax and advisory firm, has appointed Patrick Duffany, JD, CPA, as the new Managing Partner of the Firm’s Tax Practice. Duffany succeeds Kenneth Kanter who is retiring.
March 5, 2018
Xero Appoints Former Austrailian Microsoft and Apple Chief as New CEO
The Board of Xero Limited has appointed Steve Vamos as CEO to succeed founder Rod Drury, effective 1 April 2018. Drury will continue to focus on innovation and strategy as a non-executive director of Xero.
March 5, 2018
Host Analytics Launches Project Orion EPM System
Cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) solution provider Host Analytics has introduced Project Orion, a revolutionary offering aimed at disrupting the EPM market by introducing the world’s first EPM product specifically designed for ...
March 1, 2018
Armanino Managing Partner Andy Armanino Announces Retirement
Armanino LLP, one of the top 25 largest accounting and business consulting firms in the U.S., has announced that Andy Armanino will retire as CEO and managing partner at the close of 2018.