Audit and risk management product maker ACL has released a purchase card fraud product designed to enable organizations to immediately identify and remediate suspicious transactions.

Top 100 CPA firm Grassi & Co. has officially launched Grassi Technology Consultants, a new subsidiary that moves the firm further towards technology consulting and potentially larger clients, but away from reselling.

Open-source ERP and CRM software maker xTuple has released xTupleCommerce – version 2.0 of its eCommerce Web portal – and acquired Web consultancy Artsmith Media to support customer demand for the offering.

Software partner veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses some of the trickier issues related to vendor/partner relationships, particularly when it comes to ending them as well as how to deal with discontinued product development.

Sage North America partner BrainSell Technologies has purchased Holliston, Mass.-based partner K-Four Systems for an undisclosed amount.

Most firms are discussing higher-valued advisory services, yet few have succeeded at scaling and building a team of successful advisors

As nonprofit organizations struggle with changes in the economy and demands for greater accountability, they are looking to technology and better software to fill the breach.

A roundup of tech news from the previous month

Five firms share their experiences making payroll pay

A roundup of reseller-related news from the previous month

The past couple of weeks have been a period where you have to ask, “what didn’t happen?” Rebranding, major financings, practice growth, practice closures; we had it all.

Payroll continues to be one of the most talked about topics in the profession and CPA firm owner Sean Manning attempts to dispel the myths about this oft avoided, yet potentially profitable service offering.

Host Analytics is now offering a tool to instantly move Microsoft Excel models into a centralized, cloud environment to facilitate financial planning and reporting.

Top CPA firm ParenteBeard recently announced to its clients that it is closing its two-decade old technology practice, ParenteBeard Technology, effective this Friday, November 29.

The mobile practitioner needs tools to stay connected to their calendars for all meetings and schedules, and the Tempo Smart Calendar app is one getting noticed and appreciated as it acts like a virtual personal assistant.

Cloud accounting and small business finance tool maker Wave has released a new iOS application that accepts credit card payments on the go.

Let’s face facts: In less than six months Windows XP will be at its “end of life” and if you are still on this system your business will be on its own. So how do you keep your business and clients safe and stable after April 8, 2014?

G2 Fintech has improved the dividend analysis features in its tax analysis software TaxGopher.

“Complexity is the biggest challenge and the biggest opportunity” were the opening words of a keynote speech given by CPA2Biz president and chief executive Erik Asgeirsson here at the 2013 Digital CPA Conference, and helped define the theme of the overall event.

ACL has released upgrades to its cloud-based risk management, audit management, and compliance offering ACL GRC and its flagship data analytics software ACL Analytics.