Not typically known for giving keynote addresses, NetSuite co-founder and chief technology officer Evan Goldberg took the stage Wednesday at the company’s user and partner conference to highlight NetSuite’s growing vertical direction and the overall future of the product.

During the largest conference in NetSuite’s decade-long history, chief executive Zach Nelson touted the company’s growth, partner strength and product enhancements – all attributed to the cloud.

Equation Technologies has acquired the Sage practice of Balgord Software Solutions, a provider of business application software for small to midsized companies and nonprofit organizations with a focus on Sage ERP Accpac, Sage CRM, and Sage Fundraising solutions.

After spending the past five months in the U.S. and five weeks officially at the helm of Sage North America, chief executive Pascal Houillon realizes he has his work cut out for him when it comes to brand recognition and growth of the channel, accountants in particular.

Office Tools Professional has introduced two Client Portal products.

Business application software developer TIW Technology has released Alere Accounting v7.0 as the latest addition to the Alere Business Applications family of products, adding several key components including distributing resource planning, commissions, and data acquisition.

Long-time Epicor and Sage MAS 500 reseller e2b Teknologies has added a Software as a Service offering to its enterprise resource planning mix by becoming authorized to resell SAP Business ByDesign.

Schneider Downs Technology Advisors has developed Performance Evaluation Grid, a Web-based application aimed at enhancing a company’s performance evaluation process.

FUND E-Z Development Corporation, a provider of nonprofit accounting, fundraising and HIPAA billing software, said Tuesday that it has integrated a Positive Pay automated fraud detection tool with its FUND E-Z Nonprofit Accounting Software.

CCH Small Firm Services has transferred its Electronic Filing Center reporting system from an Oracle database to Microsoft technology.

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CCH has released ProSystem fx Practice Intelligence, a new system that provides accounting firms with on-screen dashboards showing key information about how well they are performing.

Small business-focused accounting software developer Simple Office Solutions has released My Simple Office, a new accounting system offering multi-user capability, integrated image and document management, and the ability to connect directly to the Android mobile system for remote access.

Document storage software developer eFileCabinet Inc. today released an integration tool for Intuit’s QuickBooks, which provides users with a direct link between their QuickBooks records and documents stored in eFileCabinet.

In response to wide interest shown in the first edition of its 2011 XBRL Buyer’s Guide, raas-XBRL has released a revised and updated second edition, complete with a raas-XBRL scorecard.

CCH has enhanced its CorpSystem Sales Tax Office software by integrating it with an exemption certificate management system from Imaging Science and Services Inc.

Red Wing Software, a provider of financial applications to the agribusiness and nonprofit sectors among others, has added a sales-order module to its flagship, CenterPoint Accounting.