Technology

 2006 Technology Innovation Awards

December 1, 2008 

2006 Technology Innovation Awards

The 2006 Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards were announced in June, recognizing recent advances in technologies that benefit accounting and tax professionals.

 Vendors Offer Assistance With Firm Branding

December 1, 2008 

Vendors Offer Assistance With Firm Branding

From the Aug. 2006 Issue The following products and services can help you as you strive to brand your firm’s image at every touch point. Bind-It (www.BindIt.com) When providing clients with copies of their returns and other documents, accountants have long turned to Bind-It for professional document finishing systems. The company offers a wide array...…

 Review of Document Management Software — 2006

December 1, 2008 

Review of Document Management Software — 2006

The time is now! If not now, when? Electronic document management systems (EDMS) for the tax and accounting practice have come of age. We are rapidly approaching the point where document management reaches critical mass in the tax and accounting profession, defined here as when the number of firms that have implemented EDMS outnumber those…

 Vendor Community Building

December 1, 2008 

Vendor Community Building

The professional service trades have a long history of relationship networking and have often utilized the power of community to get new clients, to meet more prospects and to generally market their services, but there is more to be accomplished.

 Review of Time & Billing Software — 2005

December 1, 2008 

Review of Time & Billing Software — 2005

Time-based billing was pioneered either by lawyers or by another of the world’s oldest professions, and many accounting and other service-based professionals have adapted the process, as well...

 Special Section: Microsoft vs. Intuit:

December 1, 2008 

Special Section: Microsoft vs. Intuit:

MICROSOFT officially launched its Small Business Accounting program on September 7, 2005. This long-planned launch just happens to coincide (well, within a few months anyway) with rival INTUIT’s release of QuickBooks 2006, which just happens to be the most revolutionary rewrite of the company’s flagship product since it’s original release.

 Review of Practice Management Software — 2005

December 1, 2008 

Review of Practice Management Software — 2005

In this day and age, many people are looking for various signs, and some even think, “The end is near.” While I won’t speculate as to what they think is coming to an end, it appears that some software vendors in this lineup believe that their end is near by the signs of their software.