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Nineteen percent of business executives admit their companies are “behind the curve” when it comes to managing information technology risks, according to a new survey by accounting firm ParenteBeard.

I recently had the opportunity to be part of the “CCH Listens” tour. Basically, CCH executives sit back, listen to and absorb what accountants really want in the way of technology.

The American Institute of CPAs named Donny Shimamoto, founder and managing director of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies, the inaugural winner of the Maximo Mukelabai Award.

Cloud-based financials and ERP software suites provider NetSuite announced it has joined the A Billion + Change campaign through its NetSuite.org corporate citizenship program.

The Institute of Management Accountants has recently allied with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, but according to IMA president and CEO Jeff Thomson, it is not doing so to counter the alliance between the American Institute for CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The American Institute of CPAs has expanded their website, ThisWaytoCPA.com, to allow international student membership.

One of the proposals that drew comments at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s roundtable meeting last Thursday on mandatory audit firm rotation was the idea of allowing the PCAOB to share its inspection reports directly with the audit committees.

When a marlin chomps down on your bait and you don’t set the hook immediately, you have lost that marlin forever. Why?

Convicted fraudster Sam Antar, who acted as CFO for the electronics chain Crazy Eddie in the 1980s, told a group of accountants Friday that the potential for fraud has been growing worse in recent years, despite Sarbanes-Oxley.

I recently returned from the Association for Accounting Marketing’s Annual Summit, which this year was in tandem with the AICPA Practitioners Symposium, AICPA Tech+ Conference at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.