It's getting harder to define mid-market accounting software

A roundup of reseller news from the previous month.

Cougar Mountain Software has published two e-books aimed at helping nonprofit organizations prevent fraud, and make better decisions when choosing accounting software.

The need for training and a disaster recovery plan were the top concerns for member firms polled in accounting association CPAmerica International’s recently released Information Technology Benchmarking Survey.

G2 FinTech focuses on a technology niche of helping accountants automate the process of tax preparation for financial firms that need to deal with complex transactions such as wash sales and straddles on a regular basis.

Cloud-based nonprofit software developer Aplos Software has added the ability for nonprofits and churches to accept one-time and recurring donations online to its Aplos Donor Management solution.

Netsuite and Deloitte have formed an alliance to provide implementation, finance transformation, change management and consulting services to the market.

I’ve heard it said more than once that “accounting is the language of business,” but as some of my colleagues who work in technology departments for their firms know, accounting and tax services can, at times, seem worlds apart from software and systems.

Swizznet's platform now gives customers the option for multi-factor authentication by adding support for Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication.

Accounting firms are often overwhelmed with incoming paper and electronic documents – particularly at tax time.

Digital tax preparation provider TaxACT has released the new donation-tracking Donation Assistant app, available for Android and iOS.

Data privacy has become an urgent issue for consumers and businesses, according to the latest in PwC’s 10Minutes thought leadership series, which outlines its increased prominence in company growth and brand health.

CCH has introduced the Federal Penalties & Interest Calculator as a new tool for professionals using the accounting software provider’s IntelliConnect content research platform.

Intuit Inc. has announced that it will host an industry event for small-business owners, accounting professionals and software developers in October.

Just over half of businesses are unprepared to deal with security breaches to notebooks, tablets and smartphones used under “Bring Your Own Device” policies, according to a new survey.

Sage North America has launched Sage One Invoicing, a new cloud solution for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

SwiftKey's SwiftKey Keyboard replaces the onscreen keyboard on your Android phone or tablet with a smarter, more responsive set of tools.

Sikich, Top 40 accounting, advisory, investment banking, technology and managed services firm, announced Monday its merger with 403 Labs, a Brookfield, Wis.-based information security consultancy.

FinancialForce.com, cloud enterprise resource planning provider on the Salesforce1 Platform, introduced Wednesday FinancialForce ERP, a family of cloud solutions powering customer-centric business.

Intuit announced the financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014, which ended Jan. 31.