What does the firm of the future actually look like? Is it really 100 percent cloud-based? How do I even get started?

Wolters Kluwer, CCH released CCH IntelliConnect Browser Search, the latest enhancement for users of the IntelliConnect research platform.

Intacct introduced Intacct Collaborate, a new collaborative backbone built on Salesforce Chatter and directly into Intacct’s financial system.

The Network Management Group and Insight Research Group announced the launch of the second annual Accounting Firm Operations and Technology survey, now open for accounting professionals in public practice to complete through Dec. 19.

Deloitte’s digital unit has expanded CloudMix, a pre-configured, pre-integrated system that ties together several cloud technology products, by including software from Dell, Apttus, DocuSign and Box in the new version, CloudMix 2.0.

Xero announced it passed $100 million in annualized committed monthly revenue and has achieved a 95 percent year-over-year growth rate in subscription revenue.

AccountMate announced a new partnership with Avalara to integrate the cloud-based sales and transactional tax solutions provider’s SaaS sales tax management into its own application.

NetSuite announced its next-generation payroll service focused on improving scalability, performance and usability.

Intacct announced the hiring of Kevin Cumley as its new director of the Intacct Accountants Program in collaboration with CPA.com.

ADP has collaborated with AppDirect to launch the first cloud-based HR and workforce management marketplace.

On Oct. 2, JPMorgan Chase disclosed in a securities filing that a recent data breach to the bank impacts 76 million U.S. households.

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board announced the launch of the Enterprise Resource Platform Partnership Program for software providers.

Hewlett-Packard Co. is splitting into two companies, using a breakup to become nimbler after failing to keep up with the shift away from the printing and personal-computing businesses it pioneered.

For better or worse, our lives have become more dictated by the buzz of our smartphones, from alarms to social media notifications.

FreshBooks announced it has added its own online payments offering to its platform.

A new set of automated processes can be just the thing to set a tax firm apart.

Some major leadership changes rocked the tech world this past month.

ADP has added new capabilities to help employers determine a potential job candidate’s eligibility for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet.

KPMG announced the acquisition of certain assets of Qubera Solutions, a privately held cybersecurity firm that provides identity and access management services.

Global performance management solutions provider Tagetik announced the general availability of the latest version of its unified CPM software, Tagetik 5, during its annual global conference.