SAP AG has released feature pack 2.6 for the SAP Business ByDesign system, which includes the first version of the software development kit, SAP Business ByDesign studio, to enable partners to create add-on software.

Sage Payment Solutions has released Sage Mobile Payment, a Payment Card Industry compliant mobile payments product that comes bundled with a Sage merchant account.

Small business financial software startup inDinero has added budgeting features to its Web-based service.

Databasics Inc. has added attendee management features to its expense-reporting software geared toward conferences and meetings.

The next decade will be a period of rapid change and continuous transformation for the accounting profession that will lend itself to greater opportunities for growth and productivity, according to a new report.

I get questions daily from CPAs asking if their firm should consider a merger or if it is possible for their firm to compete as an independent or local firm. My current answer is, "It depends!"

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Accounting firms of all sizes are embracing portals not only as a means to collaborate with their clients more efficiently—especially during tax season—but also to remain compliant with current data transfer and security laws.

Accounting and bookkeeping haven't always been particularly easy to accomplish. Before the advent of mechanized bookkeeping, keeping track of financial transactions, and their ultimate effect on a business, was a matter of sorting transactions into the proper category and recording them by hand into paper ledgers, using specialized paper to physically emulate the T-Account concept.

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CCH has integrated its ProSystem fx Tax software with its Web-based Global Integrator system.

Cloud-based document storage and sharing service SmartVault has released SmartVault Version 3.3, which includes added security and compliance features, as well as an enhanced user interface.

Online tax preparation site FreeTaxUSA said it now supports all 42 states with a state income tax.

WealthEngine has launched its nonprofit donor-prospecting system on Salesforce.com’s online AppExchange 2 marketplace.

Clifton Gunderson Technology Solutions, the technology consulting arm of Clifton Gunderson, has signed a new sales, marketing and development contract with Intacct and CPA2Biz, a subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, allowing the firm to resell the Intacct’s Web-based accounting software and use it for outsourced accounting services.

NetSuite Inc. has released a new version of its NetSuite Software Company Edition, designed for software companies grappling with managing varied revenue models, including processes for supporting recurring revenue management streams.

Intuit Inc. has retooled its QuickBooks certification course to make it easier and faster for accounting professionals to become certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors.

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Intelligize has introduced the SEC Checker to help with the preparation, analysis and review of SEC filings.

H&R Block has introduced a downloadable tax information app that users of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch and Google Android devices can run.