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A line-up of new and developing mobile technologies, coupled with the importance of innovation to create a winning team in both athletics and the business arena, was showcased at the opening of CCH Connections, the user conference for the tax and financial solutions provider, here in San Antonio, Texas.

I recently read an excellent survey report commissioned by CFO magazine, The Senior Finance Team and Corporate Purchase Decisions.

Fishbowl has launched the Fishbowl Developer Nation, a new community designed to support its users and partners to help accelerate innovations for its Fishbowl Inventory 2012 software.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing service provider SmartVault has announced year-end service updates, with enhanced email notifications, full-text search, improved file sharing, and the ability to accelerate the adoption of SmartVault within a firm.

ADP has released an updated and expanded version of RUN Powered by ADP Payroll for Accountants, an Internet-based offering designed to help accountants manage their clients’ payroll all in one place, which includes human resources and retirement services features.

Perhaps buried - and please pardon the pun - amidst last week's freak snowstorm that ravaged the Eastern seaboard and left nearly 3 million without power - including yours truly - was that there was, not to oversimplify and yield to hyperbole - a blizzard of M&A activity to close out October.

Rather than retool their existing accounting software, Thomson Reuters decided to build a completely new application from the ground up.

CCH provided advice on year-end tax strategies that, if implemented before a taxpayer’s liability is finalized, could make a significant difference in what they owe as tax year 2011 draws to a close.

Financial information provider Sageworks recently released a list of the most profitable industries over the past year, and accounting and tax preparation came out near the top.

Simon Property Group, the largest owner of shopping malls in the U.S., has filed suit against the state of Indiana in an effort to force the state to collect sales taxes from the online commerce giant Amazon.com.