CPA2Biz and ITA announced that they will be co-locating their respective conferences Dec. 7-10 at the National Gaylord in Washington, D.C.

CCH has updated its ProSystem fx Tax solution with new, integrated CCH eSign functionality in response to the IRS's recent change to Form 8879.

Cloud Summit 2014, directed at accounting professionals, CPAs and business owners interested in exploring and implementing virtual financial applications, will be held Sept. 17-19 in San Diego, Calif.

Xero has been a revelation to small and growing businesses that were in need of top-notch small business accounting software.

Cloud migration software provider AppZero announced Tuesday a $3 million round of funding to support its work moving enterprises to the cloud.

Cloud solutions provider Cloud Technology Partners announced the general availability of PaaSLane 2.0, which analyzes Java and .NET application source code to improve cloud readiness and accelerate application migration to the cloud.

Orienge LLC has introduced the latest version of Conterra Financial Information Management (FIM), Conterra FIM 1.3.

Sage North America announced Monday the general availability of Sage 100 ERP 2014, a cloud-based business management system for small and midsized businesses.

The majority of CFOs do not fully capitalize on the power of existing technologies, instead using spreadsheets and intuition for 66 percent of their work.

There are two kinds of treasures on the Web: Those you want to keep forever, and those you only need to keep until you have a few minutes -- which is where the Pocket app comes in.

nChannel has released its Sage Connector to help retailers, manufacturers and distributors better manage data between Sage 100 and e-commerce and other business systems.

Cloud accounting provider Kashoo has released a new update to their iPad app.

Acumatica, cloud-based enterprise resource planning solutions provider for small and medium-sized companies, has appointed Jon Roskill as chief executive officer.

SAP announced Wednesday new offerings for its SAP HANA cloud platform that include simplified pricing, deployment and accessibility options.

Technology services provider Brittenford Systems has published a new whitepaper addressing questions on upgrading QuickBooks accounting software to new cloud accounting solutions.

KPMG has completed the acquisition of Cynergy Systems to bolster the Big Four’s digital and mobile technology offerings.

Avalara, the cloud-based sales tax and compliance automation technology provider, announced the appointment of entrepreneur and investor Doug Burgum to its board of directors.

Our App of the Week, to-do list app Gneo, helps sidestep a common trap: Setting up and managing your to-do list often leaves you less time to complete the tasks on the list.

The role of the IT professional is changing with the cloud and the number of vendor relationships that firms must manage. IT in CPA firms has always been complex due to the number of applications and the diversity of the business processes. However, in today's environment, with mobile devices, remote access, workflow tracking, and self-service portals, firms often have anywhere from 10 to 25 vendors that they deal with, and 40-50 applications.

A roundup of technology news from the previous month.