Technology news from the previous month

Legal matters, mega alliances, and yet another cloud bookkeeping product on the market were the big items on tap this week and I'm here to tell you what I think about it all.

A new small business-focused cloud bookkeeping product has been launched by Cheqbook, a Hawaii-based company that offers color-coded alerts and categorization for all entries.

Newly released resource forecasting tools are now available in the latest version of CCHProSystem fx Practice Management that are designed to make it possible for firms to plan their client work in weekly increments and for partners and billing managers to see client work planned for the upcoming week or for weeks in advance.

Oracle, NetSuite and Deloitte have formed a strategic alliance focused on plans to deliver integrated human capital management(HCM) and ERP cloud services for midsized customers.

Open Systems has released a purchase order routings and approvals application for its Traverse accounting and business software, which provides organizations with full control over their purchasing and approvals process.

Epicor Software Corporation is seeing some advancement in its lawsuit against Alternative Technology Solutions as the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a nationwide injunction against Alternative.

SmartVault is now integrated with DigiBookx, a cloud-based automated accounting product that uses extraction technology to capture financial data from any type of file and upload to an accounting package.

To navigate around the increasingly mobile office, which is often spent in the car, practitioners are taking to the Scout GPS navigation travel app for Android and Apple devices.

Former Oracle chief financial officer Jeff Epstein has joined the board of directors at cloud-accounting and financial management product maker Intacct.

Unit4 Business Software, the North American subsidiary of Unit4, has released Unit4 Consolidation & Cash version 5 with integration to its financial performance management suite.

New products, channel exec hires, VAR program additions, and insights from our top consulting experts. Who keeps track of it all? That would be me and here's my take on it for this week.

SAP has signed the first financial services-focused reseller to its Master VAR Program with the inclusion of Sita Corp., which primarily represents SAP products for the financial services and banking industry.

VAR veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the top concerns for accounting technology consultants in this monthly Q&A series

SAP has partnered with travel itinerary and booking product maker Traxo to integrate its offerings into SAP Cloud for Travel, which will allow travelers and corporations additional choice and efficiencies for travel and expense management.

Intuit has released an iPad and iPhone app for Intuit Online Payroll, just a few months after unveiling a similar app for QuickBooks Online.

Sage North America has released Sage Inventory Advisor, a cloud offering that integrates with Sage ERP systems to provide users – primarily distributors and retailers -- with a daily diagnostic of inventory.

BCG Systems president Mark Goodson explains how firms considering partnering with a cloud vendor need to zero in on the operational challenges that are sure to come.

Acumatica has hired veteran channel development executive Dawn Jaeger to head up its partner recruiting team.

Financial reporting technology provider Trintech has introduced an iPad app for automating the record-to-report process.