Professional services search firm ExpertBids has released its 2012 tax Webpage designed to help small and medium sized businesses across the United States find the right tax accountant free of charge.

Cloud-based business analytics provider Adaptive Planning has hired former SAP executive Carolee Gearhart as its vice president of global channels and partners.

Red Wing Software has created a report tool within its CenterPoint Payroll Software designed to track employee status for the upcoming Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requirement that employers with 50 or more full time employers must offer health coverage.

In case you missed it, this past week was packed with accounting-related technology vendor news so here's a roundup and a few insights about each one, plus a few thoughts on some current trends.

CPA and vice president of product strategy at CPA2Biz Greg LaFollette describes how competing cloud vendors can and should work together to help drive CPA adoption.

Accounting and enterprise resource planning product maker Deltek Inc. today released its new Deltek Maconomy Public Accounting Solution, an ERP system purpose-built for CPA firms.

CCH has enhanced its Global Integrator software for multinational corporations with improved currency conversion and audit trail features.

After serving four years at Sage North America, vice president of channel sales Tom Miller is set to retire at the end of March, with no immediate plans to replace him.

Cloud ERP and financial software provider Acumatica has appointed Yury Larichev as its new chief executive officer, replacing Ezequiel Steiner who serve as company president and remain on the board of directors.

Epicor Software Corporation has introduced Epicor Retail CRM 7.0, their newest retail customer engagement tool that offers streamlined customer views and functionality CRM program management.

Dan Zitting, vice president of product management & design at audit and risk management product maker ACL Services explains how to get your firm or company's IT department on board with the cloud.

Cloud financial and ERP suite provider NetSuite has acquired multi-channel retail management product provider Retail Anywhere, effectively integrating the Retail Anywhere point-of-sale system with NetSuite’s eCommerce platform.

Cloud financial and accounting software company FinancialForce.com has formed trust.financialforce.com, a new site that helps describe the company’s control processes, security, application quality and platform monitoring environment.

Most tax preparers have heard by now of Skype or one of the similar video-conferencing services -- and some have tried such services, and report success when connecting with long-distance clients --some of whom the preparers have never even met.

SAP is making its HANA data aggregator available in the SAP Business Suite of products, allowing users of its line of ERP products to capture and analyze transactional data in real time on a single, in-memory platform.

Avalara has acquired UPC code taxability database UPC Matrix Master, which adds in a multi-state, product database that maintains taxability information for more than 10 million products in thousands of tax jurisdictions across the U.S.

For accounting professionals and consultants alike, the past year has been filled with talk of the cloud, mobile and compliance and I daresay we're in for more of the same, but with a few additions to our regular vocabulary.

FreshBooks has released the full version of its Automatic Expense Import product, which allows small business owners to connect their financial institutions (including bank accounts and credit cards) directly to FreshBooks and have their expenses imported automatically into their account.

CCH has enhanced its entire series of CCH Smart Charts, including State Tax Smart Charts, Worldwide Tax Rates and Answers, and Federal Expiring Provisions Smart Charts for Apple iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices.

Business process management product provider Kofax plc has released Kofax MarkView for Accounts Payable 8.0, a secure mobile offering for the automated capture and processing of accounts payable information.