Artificial intelligence is on a fast track to peak-hype status.

In order to become invaluable to clients, accountants should know how to leverage technology properly to build a unique, differentiated firm.

There’s less threat and more opportunity in emerging technologies than many think.

And now it’s getting ready to embrace artificial intelligence.

Leveraging the opportunities in technological change requires collaboration and coordination.

The buy adds new practice management and workflow tools to the company’s portfolio.

Accountants and CPAs need to take the lead in getting ahead of the coming wave of change, says Kimberly Ellison-Taylor.

To keep up with the changes to come from artificial intelligence, firms will need to boost their skills around information.

Blockchain and other emergent technologies are upending the work accountants do; Thack Brown, general manager and global head of business finance at SAP, dives into how.

The new software integrations come on the heels of the release of the company’s brand new cloud network.

Having basically solved back-office functionality with machine learning and AI, Rod Drury said during Xerocon Austin, the front office comes into focus for accountants and their clients.

“What the hell did I spend my money on?” Self-employed users can ask the bot.

Many businesses are still getting ready for the new revenue recognition and leasing standards, and in some cases that involves changing their technology and processes.

2017 has been a year of great expansion into the accounting technology space for the company.

The major firms are leveraging the latest tools to make the auditing process more efficient.

The Application Cloud, Business Cloud and QuickBooks Desktop Cloud allow accountants to access their software from anywhere.

The company’s software automates back office T&E functions with natural language processing and computer vision.

It will be business as usual with no layoffs or title changes, execs say.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is likely to issue guidance on the use of blockchain and data analytics technology as more auditing firms weigh the benefits and drawbacks of them.

Technology is going to radically reshape the profession in the next decade.