A roundup of technology news from the previous month

A roundup of reseller-related news from the previous month

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Deloitte Digital and Salesforce.com will be teaming up to create a digital business practice via the Salesforce1 Community Cloud.

Wipfli announced a partnership with Vertex SMB, the sales and use tax solutions provider for small and medium-sized business, to deliver a solution to that market.

AccountantsWorld has redesigned Website Relief, the company’s cloud-based software for helping accounting firms create websites and virtual offices.

American Express is showing off some innovative technologies for tennis fans at the U.S. Open in Queens, N.Y., that might provide some inspiration for financial professionals.

Host Analytics announced its Summer 2014 release with new features and enhancements to process automation, reporting, analytics and strategic planning.

Xero launched a new small business solutions marketplace to support its expanding ecosystem of 350 business solutions.

There’s an evil demon lurking behind your wall. It’s hiding in your AC outlets, just waiting to wreak havoc on your expensive PCs and peripherals.

Acumatica unveiled its 5.0 beta release Monday at its largest Partner Summit to date, hosting more than 400 partners and customers.

Addappt will automatically update contact info in your electronic address book -- provided you can get your contacts to join in.

Agari released its 2014 Q2 edition of the Email TrustIndex revealing the most email-secure industries.

McGladrey announced that Troy Cardinal has come on board as the assurance, tax and consulting services firm’s chief technology officer.

FinancialForce.com announced FinancialForce ERP Summer ’14, with enhancements in professional services automation and financial management.

Libra Services has released LibraTax, a new software solution that lets individuals and businesses that have transacted business in Bitcoin and other digital currencies to calculate their tax obligations.

Cloud accounting vendor FreshBooks has launched its FreshBooks Accountant Center, which gives accountants a secure portal to access their clients’ data and interact more closely with them.

Apps like DocuSign bring the oldest authentication method in the world into the 21st century.

Intuit announced that QuickBooks Online Advanced Certification will be available for its ProAdvisor Program beginning Nov. 5.