Sage North America, Intacct, and SugarCRM partner Faye Business Systems Group became the latest addition to the national reseller marketing network ERPVAR.com, with the primary goal of promoting its various integration offerings for the publishers it represents.

The planned union between major Sage North America partners SWK Technologies and Information Systems Management(ISM) is temporarily on hold as both organizations work to solidify their respective year-end businesses and expect to resume merger conversations in the new year.

InOrder ERP software developer Morse Data Corp. has published a new white paper designed to give readers an in-depth overview of how to successfully manage a months- or year-long ERP software implementation.

Paychex Inc. has enhanced BuildMyBiz.com, an online resource for entrepreneurs and small business owners that includes a number of new features that provide updated resources to entrepreneurs and give them the ability to tap into a large pool of useful information.

Business productivity software developer Abukai Inc. has released Abukai Expenses 2.0, its upgraded mobile receipt scanning service.

Technology consultant and long-time Sage product reseller Wayne Schultz explains the best type of Web lead consultants should pursue, and the ones to be wary of.

Free online accounting software maker Wave Accounting has released the U.S. edition of Wave Payroll, its cloud-based payroll offering designed for small businesses.

Nonprofit accounting software maker Blackbaud has made several product roadmap updates, product enhancements, and key product integrations following its recent Convio acquisition.

Paychex Inc. launched the redesign of its Paychex Accountant Knowledge Center, a free online resource available through the Paychex website that was designed to provide information and time saving online tools to accounting professionals.

Sage North America and NetSuite partner SWK Technologies has joined the national reseller marketing network ERPVAR.com, with the goal of helping promote all of its products and services.

Business intelligence service provider iLumen has hired former American Express vice president of digital partnerships Rob Ganjon to be its new chief executive officer.

Payroll and 1099 tax software product maker PayrollMate.com has released a vendor and 1099 management module for Payroll Mate, its flagship payroll processing product.

BCG Systems director of networking services Ken Klicka explains why if you aren't prepared to address the cloud computing wave with your clients, you'll soon be left behind.

Financial reporting for equity compensation has dramatically increased in complexity since the adoption of FAS 123R (now ASC Topic 718).

Business intelligence and analytics product developers PrecisionPoint and Targit have joined to co-develop a BI offering for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and AX users.

Cloud-based enterprise resource planning pulls midsize companies into the big league by helping them discard their entry-level accounting packages and instead use sophisticated, all-in-one accounting systems.

FreshBooks has released an iPad app designed for service-based professional businesses with 1 to 10 employees who use this Apple device.

CCH Small Firm Services and Burlington, Vt.-based Evolution by iSystems have partnered to offer payroll services to tax and accounting professionals using the Evolution Payroll, HR and tax management system.

“The world has dramatically changed,” said Jon Baron, Thomson Reuters’ managing director of professional tax and accounting, during his keynote kicking off the 32nd annual Thomson Reuters SYNERGY Users’ Conference for Professional Tax & Accounting Firms in Grapevine, Texas.

Corporate enterprise tax software provider Vertex Inc. has released Vertex Tax Accounting, a product designed to improve global provisioning as well as provide a source for modeling tax planning strategies.