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.

Cloud-based sales and use tax automation provider Avalara is making plans to establish a more international presence, eying regional and country-specific offices - the first of which is currently being established in London.

Paul Allan, Global BPO Portfolio and Service Line Leader, at HP Enterprise Services, explains how to justify organizations' investment in Business Intelligence technologies and how a trusted advisor can help in the process.

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, has launched a new ProSystem fx Client Intelligence offering for automating the continual analysis of clients' business performance as well as advancements to its IntelliConnect Solutions.

Epicor Software Corporation announced its 2012 Epicor Americas Premium Partner Awards, with Canada-based Six S Partners receiving top honors as a Top New Revenue Producer and Certified Gold for driving sales growth.

KPMG has formed a business alliance with enterprise-class software-as-a-service product provider Workday to deliver cloud-based financial management and human capital process applications.

On the first morning of its annual User Conference, being held now in San Diego, tax and accounting solution and research provider CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, emphasized the importance of mobility to modern accountants.

On the eve of an election in a year full of rancor over whether taxation belongs at the federal, state or local level, corporate IT buyers are already getting a taste of how regional levies could affect their current costs and future strategies.

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, released new mobile applications to monitor the status of e-filed returns, as well as access to client data in ProSystem fx.

Cloud-based sales tax automation service provider Avalara has hired former Information Technology Alliance(ITA) president Ron Eagle as strategic advisor within the company's Accounting & Advisory Services program.

Cloud and mobile top the list of emerging technologies transforming the tax and accounting profession, according to the 2012 CCH Technology Survey, an independent nationwide survey of more than 400 accounting professionals.