NetSuite partner ERP Guru has unveiled its Business Monitoring Suite (BMS), designed to allow customers the ability to better monitor and benchmark their business in real-time versus industry peers.

CPA-focused business intelligence tool provider iLumen has added a survey platform as well as budgeting and forecasting capabilities to work in conjunction with its Client Intelligence and Industry Intelligence products.

Sales tax and compliance automation service Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with AGN International-North America Inc. which will enable firms to access sales and use tax (SUT) and value added tax (VAT) information and related resources.

Palo Alto Software has launched a service to integrate QuickBooks data with the company’s LivePlan software to remotely monitor the performance of a business for its accountants.

With more practitioners working with electronic documents on their iPhones and iPads, the need to be able print them out rises as well and, as such, they are turning to apps like PrintCentral.

Deltek has purchased Texas-based project management product maker and services provider Acumen Solutions with the intent of helping Deltek enhance its products’ planning capabilities.

Four months after it was sold by Sage Group to Accel-KKR, Sage Nonprofit Solutions has officially changed its name to Abila, with plans to increase its workforce by 20 percent to 150 employees in 2013.

In a recent letter to all staff, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer outlined a corporate reorganization and the strategy behind it, stating the company will now be organized by function rather than product which will include engineering, marketing, business development advanced strategy and research, finance, HR, legal and COO.

Most CPAs these days consider themselves the trusted advisor, yet few are clearly separating themselves from their competitors. iLumen chief executive Rob Ganjon explains how practitioners can look to current tools to help make that distinction.

Kashoo has released version 2.2 of its in iPad app, which features over 100 enhancements including Spanish language localization to complement its existing English and French native iPad language support.

Microsoft Dynamics has added I.B.I.S. Inc. and three other partners to its Global ISV program, which offers special partner agreements between select solution providers and Microsoft that help software makers with industry expertise tailor products to meet specific customer needs.

Whether you like PDFs or not, many practitioners, and even consultants, are always looking for better ways to work with them, and more are turning to the Save2PDF app that allows users to create PDFs right on their iPads.

Sage developer and reseller SWK Technologies Inc. has brought Sam Hunter on board in the newly created position of executive vice president, customer experience.

Intuit is reorganizing its Accounting Professionals Division as part of a larger corporate reorganization that includes the divestiture of the Intuit Financial Services division and a plan to sell the Intuit Health Group.

NetSuite partner ERP Guru has hired David Farr as channel manager to head up its newly created partner program.

Intacct has added new resource scheduling capabilities and other enhancements to Intacct Project Accounting designed to automate both project accounting and project delivery within the financial system of record.

There are numerous apps on the market for working with PDF files, but practitioners are increasingly checking out PDF Expert which allows users to read, share, and edit PDF and other types of documents – all from your iPad.

The top 10 percent of American Institute of CPAs member firms have annual revenues of over $3,000,000. What will these firms look like in 10 years? How will they grow? How much will they grow? Will the majority of their growth be through mergers, organic growth or lateral growth?

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