Intacct has revamped its pricing and added several updates to its Accountants Program, all of which are designed with the purpose of making it simpler and more compelling for accountants to join.

Expanded offerings a plenty from the vendor and VAR community, plus a sit down and frank conversation about change with the CEO of one of the top accounting product makers are all on tap this week as well as a few other items you may not yet be aware of.

Deltek Inc. has officially appointed chief financial officer and acting chief executive Mike Corkery to the CEO role, less than two months after assuming the role upon the departure of Kevin Parker.

A new survey from KPMG International cites companies are reporting higher-than-expected costs, as well as challenges with implementation, operations and governance in moving to the cloud.

Information Systems Management(ISM) has added Microsoft Dynamics CRM to its product portfolio, effectively rounding out their lineup of CRM software options which also include Sage ACT!, Sage CRM, and Sage SalesLogix CRM.

Accounting Technology sat down with Sage North America chief executive Pascal Houillon to ask him some pointed questions about how change is affecting his company and accounting technology overall, as well as where accounting professionals factor in.

Sikich has merged in technology advisory firm S2 Consulting Inc., effectively enhancing its current technology offerings for clients to include specialized experience in customizing technology solutions with a focus on EDI.

Sales tax and compliance automation service provider Avalara has purchased cloud-based tax exemption certificate management product maker Tax Technology Services(TTS).

Electronic file transfer and storage product maker eFileCabinet Inc. has released Apple and Android apps for SecureDrawer, its secure Web portal used by CPA firms and small businesses alike

Technology consultant and gadget guru Wayne Schulz gives a fair yet firm view of the new BlackBerry 10.

AccountantsWorld has issued updates to its Accounting Relief package, which revamp the user experience, supports extensive mobile capabilities, and streamlines key accounting processes.

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Cloud financial and ERP suite provider NetSuite has again signed on several top Microsoft Dynamics and Sage partners to its reseller channel, the largest of which is Sikich.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced a transfer pricing software product that helps multinational corporations like Ford Motor Company cut their tax bills.

Grant Thornton is now working together with financial close software maker BlackLine Systems to provide project management and process re-engineering services surrounding the implementation of BlackLine’s flagship software.

This was a pretty busy week for the VARs, lots of strategic buying going on, but the vendor community was also active as over a dozen of them engaged in the 4th Annual SaaS Executive Roundtable – essentially a CPA2Biz/AICPA-hosted U.N. of predominantly cloud vendors targeting the CPA community.

Armanino (formerly Armanino McKenna) has merged in Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint consulting services company Gradient Vision, in a move to strengthen its own Dynamics CRM