AccountMate Software has partnered with electronic filing and payroll and employee form provider Aatrix Software Inc. to handle integrated federal and state e-filing and electronic payroll reporting for their clients.

ADP has signed a partnership with NextGen Software Inc. to create the i2x Integration Suite for ADP Invoice, an electronic invoice and receipt submission application.

Results Software has released the latest version of its Results CRM Suite software, with improved integration with QuickBooks and other products.

AccountMate Software Corp.’s enterprise resource planning software now integrates with Accelerated Payment Technologies’ X-Charge secure payment processing services to provide automated credit card processing.

Keeping pace with evolving customer needs and growth represents the greatest challenge for Sage North America right now, according to the company’s executive vice president of product and marketing strategy, Himanshu Palsule.

After nearly 10 years and approximately 280,000 users on its QuickBooks Online product, Intuit has released a free, “pilot” version of the product designed specifically for accountants.

As part of its sweeping mobile technology strategy, CCH is preparing to launch a cloud version of its ProSystem fx Scan tax solution that is scheduled to be unveiled in December.

QuickBooks alternatives and cloud-based accounting were the main themes of Doug Sleeter’s opening keynote address at his group’s annual conference, as he stressed how the profession is clearly moving in new directions and accountants need to think about changing how they work.

A line-up of new and developing mobile technologies, coupled with the importance of innovation to create a winning team in both athletics and the business arena, was showcased at the opening of CCH Connections, the user conference for the tax and financial solutions provider, here in San Antonio, Texas.

Fishbowl has launched the Fishbowl Developer Nation, a new community designed to support its users and partners to help accelerate innovations for its Fishbowl Inventory 2012 software.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing service provider SmartVault has announced year-end service updates, with enhanced email notifications, full-text search, improved file sharing, and the ability to accelerate the adoption of SmartVault within a firm.

Rather than retool their existing accounting software, Thomson Reuters decided to build a completely new application from the ground up.

CCH has integrated the SpeedTax line of Software as a Service-based sales tax software with its CorpSystem corporate tax software.

Cloud accounting and finance education and advocacy are the goals behind the newly formed Cloud Accounting Institute, a group launched by Microsoft Dynamics GP and Intacct reseller and CPA Lindy Antonelli.

Mobile technology will be bigger and will be adopted faster than any other new accounting technology of the past decade, predicted Jon Baron, president, professional, of the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters.

Deltek Inc. has released Maconomy Business Performance Management, a business intelligence extension of Deltek Maconomy, the company’s professional services-focused enterprise resource planning product.

Shadow Financial Systems has added new cost-basis accounting features to its ShadowSuite securities-clearing software to address recent tax-reporting requirements.

Sage North America is preparing the release of Sage ERP MAS 90 Online, a Sage-hosted version of its MAS 90 and 200 products, allowing channel partners to earn 25 percent margins on the subscription revenue for providing support, training and other services.

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