ERP X3 6.2 EXPANDS MOBILITY

Mobile computing is no longer simply a novelty for the CPA community, as more accounting firms are recognizing its potÂential for improving business processes, as well as its use as a powerful marketing tool.

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Microsoft has unveiled its long-awaited Office 365 productivity suite, offering a cloud-based system targeted at SMBs that will include Office staples such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint, as well as SharePoint, Exchange and Lync.

Open-source accounting software developer Open Systems Inc. has entered a strategic partnership with Web-based sales and use tax compliance product developer Avalara for the creation of AvaTax for OpenSystems.

Greatland, a provider of W-2 and 1099 products, has shuttered its ImageOne subsidiary and folded it under the Greatland brand.

Major Sage North America reseller SWK Technologies Inc. announced that it is the first partner in the United States to achieve the new Sage ERP X3 Certified Consultant Status.

SAP has released version 8.81 release of its SAP Business One enterprise resource application for small and midsized enterprises.

CCH has integrated its CorpSystem Sales Tax Office software with Tax Technology Services’ CertCapture Exemption Certificate Management Solution.

Whether accountants are ready for it or not, technological change the likes of which have not been seen in two decades is coming.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has teamed up with The Locator Services Group to further expand its unclaimed property offerings with TLSG’s corporate asset recovery services.

Long-time Microsoft Dynamics and Sage reseller Sikich has joined Epicor Software’s channel partner program.

Cougar Mountain Software has released Denali Fund+Accounting, a nonprofit product that is now a part of the next-generation Denali accounting product line.

Global business consulting and internal audit firm Protiviti Inc. has added a Time & Expense Management module to the Protiviti Governance Portal for Internal Audit, which lets organizations access a comprehensive internal auditing workflow anywhere, anytime.

Online invoicing, expense-tracking and profit-reporting tool developer B2Bee has added “Books” to its application, a full-fledged bookkeeping application aimed at small businesses and entrepreneurs.

CMP.LY has introduced CMP.LY4Finance, a system that uses social media to make financial compliance disclosures.

ExpenseWatch.com has released ExpenseWatch.com Mobile apps for the Android, BlackBerry and iPhone.

Customer relationship management software provider and Microsoft Dynamics partner Client Profiles has released CRM4Accounting, a Dynamics CRM-based product tailored specifically for the accounting industry.

Cloud-based accounting and enterprise resource planning software provider NetSuite Inc. has entered a systems integrator partnership with Burr Pilger Mayer, one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in California and ranked 44th on Accounting Today’s list of the Top 100 Firms.

Payroll giant ADP has launched ADP Payments for its Procure-to-Pay Solutions platform, which allows companies to complete the automation of their procure-to-pay cycle by initiating, controlling and monitoring supplier payments electronically.