Former Sage Group executives Gary Boddington, Motasim Najeeb and John Schoutsen have joined the advisory board of newcomer cloud accounting and ERP software maker VersAccounts.

While it’s not fully there, the accounting profession is finally starting to be ready for the cloud -- and vice versa, according to technology expert David Cieslak.

Australia-based Sage development partner Dingosoft has released a trust accounting module for Sage 300 ERP, which was created with the Sage 300 software development kit --the same set of tools used by Sage to develop their accounting modules.

Intuit has formed a deal with American Express Open, the small business payment card issuer division of Amex, whereby small businesses using the Open cards can have data from receipts integrated into QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online accounts.

Expense report product maker Nexonia Inc. has partnered with Xero to integrate Nexonia Expenses within the cloud accounting system.

There are numerous note taking apps on the market today, but practitioners are increasingly enjoying Penultimate which offers users the experience of taking written notes directly on their iPads.

Intuit is acquiring FullSlate, an online scheduling company that allows clients to offer their customers the ability to make appointments directly to Websites and Facebook pages.

Sage North America has officially put together Sage Accountant Solutions, a new business focused on building accountant-specific products and overseen by Jennifer Warawa, who was recently named vice president and general manager of the group.

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A roundup of reseller-related news

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Cloud-based business analytics product maker Adaptive Planning has expanded its latest $45 million funding round to include Salesforce.com and former Oracle CFO Jeff Epstein, who was also named as senior advisor.

As more practitioners are accessing documents via their mobile devices, so grows the need for electronic signature applications like EchoSign, which is directly integrated with Adobe and allows users to get documents signed right from your iPhone or iPad.

This month, software vendor partner veteran Terry Petrzelka looks at where smaller consulting firms fit into a rapidly changing publisher/partner world, where their future lays, as well as how firms of all sizes may better use social media.

CCH announced a newly named and updated mobile app for their cloud-based modular tax preparation, compliance and firm management solution CCH Axcess.

Finagraph CEO James Walter discusses how the improved customer satisfaction from new forms of customer-facing technology positions an accountant as a trusted advisor and can significantly increase client engagement and revenue.

Former XCM Solutions west coast operations director Kim Hogan has joined Intuit as part of its growing team to help accountants transition QuickBooks clients to the cloud and QuickBooks Online in particular.

Australia-based midmaket cloud accounting software maker Gem Accounts has named former Acumatica channel executive Ken Del Gobbo president of its North America operations.