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.

Electronic filing and payroll and employee form provider Aatrix Software Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with BGTax Forms to provide W-2/1099 eFiling services via the Aatrix Payroll eFile Center to their customers.

Thomson Reuters has introduced a new system to help foreign financial firms comply with the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Cloud-based workflow management software provider XCM Solutions has hired former Fuoco Group director of operations Joe Manzelli Jr. as its new coordinator of outsourced workflow.

Commerce, billing and compensation product maker MetraTech Corp. has partnered with platform-as-a-service accounting product provider VerticaLive to enable customer enrollment, billing and payment management for ISVs and application developers using the VerticaLive Business Framework and for VerticaLive's new SMB-focused cloud accounting product.

BCG Systems director of networking services Ken Klika helps IT and accounting professionals make the right choices when moving data and processes to the cloud.

Technology consultant Wayne Schulz explores how diagnosis fees and fixed pricing benefits consultant and customer alike.

Microsoft Dynamics partner Queue Associates Inc. is opening a Hong Kong office and, effectively, Queue Associates Worldwide China Limited while celebrating its 20th year in business.

Online accounting software maker Xero Inc. is part of a a pro-paperless office coalition led by online fax and electronic signature service HelloFax that has launched an effort to deliver free online front and back office tools to consumers and businesses.

Nonprofit and faith-based cloud accounting product maker Aplos Software has released a new, user-friendly Startup Wizard for its flagship, Web-based nonprofit accounting software suite.

According to a recent article in CIO Magazine, "Clueless in the Boardroom," research shows that most boards don't understand enough about information technology to keep up.

Technology-related developments from the previous month

Firms beef up security as the mobile workforce takes off

All puns aside, the cloud is finally living up to its promise

Reseller-related news from the previous month

IT managers still have some mixed feelings about the cloud, according to a recent survey from Lieberman Software Corporation 51 percent of respondents indicated they don’t trust the cloud for any of their personal data while 91 percent believe the move to cloud services has been more convenient for their organization’s in-house IT team.

The American Institute of CPAs has developed an online Audit Risk Assessment Tool to help focus in on the potential risk of material misstatements in a financial statement audit due to fraud or error.

Cloud ERP and financial software provider Acumatica is now registered as an official member and sponsor of CPE credits in accounting and listed on the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s (NASBA) National Registry of CPE Sponsors.

Cloud and mobile point of sale (POS) product maker SalesVu has released a free integration module between its mobile POS offering and QuickBooks Online and desktop products.