Technology

August 27, 2019 

BlackLine will leverage Google Cloud Platform to add innovative, cloud-native capabilities such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance its financial automation platform with new real-time, intelligent functionality.

August 27, 2019 

While organizational agility is often critical to a company’s success, change management can be challenging for companies to navigate, especially when implementing new technologies. Material weaknesses commonly arise when change management controls ...

August 27, 2019 

The solution not only allows tax professionals to save time and resources but can help companies to proactively avoid overpaying their indirect tax liabilities. CogTax leverages optical character recognition (OCR), along with advanced machine learning ...

August 26, 2019 

, regulatory changes and more demanding clients, and it’s understandable if you’ve had little time to consider what’s ahead. These are created when the array of software, solutions and subscriptions you’ve deployed don’t play well together. One function of your firm could be using a customer relationship management (CRM) solution to handle interactions with clients...…

Mark van Leeuwen

August 23, 2019 

Haskell & White, one of the largest independent public accounting firms in Southern California, is pleased to announce the promotions of three key client service team members and an invaluable member of the firm’s back-office team. “Haskell & White is a big believer in giving our staff the opportunity to thrive,” said Managing Partner Wayne...…

August 22, 2019 

In the last decade, buying habits have shifted dramatically to keep pace with new technologies. Though sales of printed books are experiencing a resurgence, electronic books have a solid market share; sales of streamed music now dwarf digital ...

Gail Cole

August 22, 2019 

Tax professionals are being advised by the IRS that they should report data theft immediately and follow an established process for helping the IRS protect their clients.

August 22, 2019 

Merging or acquiring another firm is one of the most effective methods of growing an accounting practice. Potential candidates are usually vetted based on partner and practice compatibility, desired location for expansion, niche specialization ...

Roman Kepczyk

August 21, 2019 

Larry Furr has joined the cloud-based accounting firm practice management maker Canopy as vice president of product. A seasoned product executive, Furr’s responsibilities will include overseeing the strategy, management, and design of Canopy’s suite of products and charting Canopy’s product roadmap. Furr brings nearly two decades of product strategy and development experience to Canopy. He...…

August 20, 2019 

Business email compromise (BEC) is a top tactic for external attacks, impacting over half of the survey respondents, up from 46% in 2017. Wire transfers are still the most common target for BEC scams, probably because they’re usually one-off requests...

August 20, 2019 

Small business accounting maker Xero has appointed Ben Richmond to US country manager and Will Buckley to Canada country manager as part of its strategy to develop full service teams in each country.

August 19, 2019 

Happy reading! , by John Carreyrou , by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope , by Mike Walsh , by Brian Solis (https://blionline.org/2019/06/podcast-scaling-our-lives-by-seeing-things-differently/, by Devora Zack One of the greatest leaders in business history was a foul-mouthed former football coach who hugged the BS out of the people he coached. If Bill Campbell was coaching you,...…