Business intelligence software maker PrecisionPoint Software has released a Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 enabled version of its software, designed to combine BI with granular financial and operational reporting.

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Major Sage North America partner SWK Technologies Inc. plans to acquire Portland, Ore.-based Sage reseller Information Systems Management Inc. (ISM), solidifying a more national presence and adding more than $6 million in revenue

Grant Thornton and performance management, BI, and financial governance software maker Tagetik to collectively provide corporate performance management support services available to their clients across the United States.

Cloud-based financials and ERP software provider NetSuite Inc. has released NetSuite Two-Tier ERP for Oracle, powered by a new version of NetSuite OneWorld and SuiteCloud Connectors to Oracle.

Business productivity software developer Abukai Inc. is partnering with expense report automation service Insperity Expense Management to provide enhanced mobile receipt scanning technology for Insperity ExpensAble Corporate customers.

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Amid the questions surrounding accounting firms on how to be more than they’ve traditionally been to meet both client demand and increasing competition, industry experts such as Doug Sleeter are lending an ear and offering advice.

Top NetSuite partner ERP Guru has expanded its U.S. operations into St. Louis with the purchase of cloud product and services consultant Cloud Commerce.

Cloud accounting product maker Xero has released its Xero Touch mobile app for Android devices, just over a year after the launch of the product for iPhones and iPads.

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, has added software developer WSG Systems to its growing Open Integration Platform partner program.

A recent Sage North America survey of small to midsized manufacturers found that the majority have added jobs, are more optimistic than not about the economy, and their ERP systems have helped serve their customers’ needs while contributing to the success of their businesses.

Microsoft Dynamics Master VAR SBS Group has added several new organizations to its growing partner network over the past few weeks in five U.S. states.

Microsoft Dynamics AX partner Edgewater Fullscope Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edgewater Technology, Inc. and Australia-based integrated solutions vendor Sable Systems have entered a strategic partnership to integrate, market and sell their respective products and services in North America and Asia Pacific.

It’s been terrific to watch the profession discover the momentum that technology can bring to their firms and their clients and I’m often asked what the most successful CPA firms are doing with technology. In many cases, they’re harnessing cloud-based solutions to take specialization and industry focus to a whole new level.

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