July 19, 2012
Go Daddy Acquires Cloud-Based Accounting Vendor
The popular website hosting company Go Daddy has acquired Outright, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company that offers cloud-based financial management programs for small businesses.
July 17, 2012
Xero Integrates with RUN Powered by ADP
Xero has integrated its online solution with RUN Powered by ADP to bring a seamless payroll and accounting solution to its customers.
July 10, 2012
Kim Hogan Joins XCM as Director of New West Coast Offices
Hogan joins XCM Solutions from Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., where she has built a strong reputation among practitioners and vendors alike while serving as Business Development Manager.
July 2, 2012
Simplifying Online Document Management for Clients
Document management has come a long way over the past decade, at least for accounting firms. Although professionals often proudly wear their self-proclaimed skepticism of some technology, most firms are actually quite advanced, at least when comparing technology adoption to their small business clients. Unfortunately, in the new practice model and new economy, clients who...…
July 2, 2012
Intuit Small Business Indexes Show Strong Employment Growth, Decrease in Revenue
Small business in the United States are showing noteworthy gains in employment rates, average compensation and hours worked, while revenue figures are down. Employment increased by 0.3 percent in June, for an annualized rate of 4.1 percent – the strongest rate of growth that small businesses have seen in the past three months.
June 27, 2012
More Cloud is Good for Your Firm & Your Clients’ Businesses
The movement to the cloud has had many names over the past decade: Web 2.0, SaaS, web-based services, net-native programs, etc. But whatever you call it, the coming mass adoption of cloud-based business solutions will have the biggest effect on our work and business lives since computers themselves were first installed on desktops back in…
June 27, 2012
Think Differently
I’m a big fan of Apple and the late, great Steve Jobs. If you haven’t taken the time to read the book, “Steve,” by Walter Issacson, I highly encourage you to pick up or download a copy and take the time to absorb the numerous lessons offered.
June 26, 2012
CCH Launches Open Integration Platform
New platform opens CCH's NextGen solutions to third party applications, allowing firms to use the solutions that best serve them, while also improving workflow and streamlining database management.
June 25, 2012
Document Management at its Best – Free CPE Webcast
Earn 1 hour of free CPE during webcast on document management.
June 15, 2012
nGenx Partners with SmartVault to Deliver Cloud-Based Document Storage Solution to Customers
nGenx and SmartVault Partnership
June 13, 2012
Expert or Guru? Bill.com Introduces Certification Program
Bill.com has rolled out a new certification program for accounting professionals and firms who use the Bill.com solution to help their clients. The new certification program gives them the opportunity to brand their practices as a Bill.com "Expert" or "Guru," acknowledging their ability to pass along benefits to clients via cloud-based accounting practices.
June 1, 2012
SmartVault and Shoeboxed Partner for a Zero Data Entry Solution
SmartVault and Shoeboxed partner to create a paperless workflow that requires zero data entry.