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Frank, Rimerman Consulting, the technology consulting division of tax and accounting firm Frank, Rimerman + Co., has launched a new cloud computing practice through its partnership with NetSuite Inc.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged corporate leaders to back up their words about sustainable business practices with concrete actions at a KPMG-sponsored conference on sustainability.

Accounting, tax and consulting firm SingerLewak will open a new office in San Francisco to primarily serve venture capital-funded private businesses, along with public companies in the greater San Francisco area.

In today’s volatile market, wealth and personal money management can be more daunting than ever.

Michigan-based CPA and wealth advisory firm Godfrey Hammel, Danneels & Company and Indiana-based CPA firm Katz, Sapper & Miller have teamed up to form GHD/KSM Medical Consultants to provide financial, accounting, tax and business advisory services to health and medical industry clients.

Regulatory burdens and economic uncertainty topped the list of challenges faced by small- and midsized accounting practices and their clients, according to a new survey.

Financial information provider Sageworks Inc. has released its ProfitCents/Sageworks Industry Data & Analysis app for phones with an Android operating system, giving Sageworks subscribers access to financial ratios and industry averages, along with industry-specific key performance indicators and recommendations.

The American Institute of CPAs has partnered with the Fox Financial Planning Network, a financial services consulting firm in San Diego, to help CPAs add financial planning to their practices.

Deloitte’s consulting arm has acquired Ubermind, a Seattle-based agency that helps companies develop and use mobile applications.

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Document management software provider Doc.It is now offering the Doc.It .Net Client Portal, which allows firms and their clients to securely send and receive documents and files of any size.

Ninety-two percent of financial professionals believe that businesses will either maintain their current employee headcount or increase their employee count in 2012, according to a survey of U.S. accounting firms.

IMGCAP(1)]As the SEC’s limited liability provisions on Extensible Business Reporting Language data begin to expire, public companies find themselves looking for answers about how current and future legislation will affect their filings.

The International Federation of Accountants’ Small and Medium Practices Committee has released a new edition of its Guide to Practice Management for Small- and Medium-Sized Practices, with guidance on new topics, including cloud computing.

IMGCAP(1)]Building and running a technology practice inside a CPA firm requires an understanding of the differences in priorities, skill sets, cultures, personalities, and goals of the traditional CPA practice and the professional services technology firm.

McGladrey Technology Solutions, the technology services arm of the major CPA firm, has partnered with the American Institute of CPAs’ marketing arm, CPA2Biz, to identify and build integrated, add-on applications for CPA2Biz’s Web-based outsourced finance and accounting services technology.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has acquired the assets of portfolio optimization software provider Folio Technologies, effectively acquiring the company.

Despite staggering statistics as to the massive scope of fraud in sheer dollar volume and the surprising vulnerability many companies are to white-collar crime, a shocking number of businesses are ill-prepared to prevent it, or are unsure of how to implement an effective prevention program.

Accountants need to be wary of promoting their services as advisors who can help their clients achieve success at the same time the firms are auditing their books.