SAGE DEBUTS PEACHTREE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Thomson Reuters has created a new governance, risk and compliance business unit bringing together its Complinet, Paisley, Westlaw Business, West’s Capitol Watch, Oden and Westlaw Compliance Advisor brands.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has made available a new on-demand tax calculator as well as new features on its Checkpoint Learning service, including a corporate curriculum and integration with ONESOURCE.

Cloud-based document management software provider KnowledgeTree has partnered with Fujitsu to extend its third-party application interface, Hot Folders, to work with Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners.

Cloud-based accounting and compliance software provider OptionEase Inc. has partnered with national brokerage firm StockCross Financial Services Inc. to provide equity data tracking and broker services to joint customers.

IMGCAP(1)]Did you hear that a bunch of seventh graders recently discovered a cave on Mars? They were participating in the Mars Student Imaging Program at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University. These kids are 12 years old. Recently, I took my kids to see Shrek 4: Forever After.

EDGAR Online Inc. has released its I-Metrix “As Reported” XBRL Dataset, which includes all the detailed information contained in every Form 10-K and 10-Q document furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission in Extensible Business Reporting Language format.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has added new wokflow features to its GoFileRoom document management application to provide a more proactive role in firm management and workflow.

Document storage software developer eFileCabinet Inc. today released eFileCabinet Version 5.0, which contains in-demand features including document-level indexing, full-text search, document retention, document tracking, and workflow.

IMGCAP(1)]Today, businesses face an increasingly daunting range of challenges, most of which are exacerbating the high cost of operation.

Online invoicing, expense-tracking and profit-reporting tool-maker B2Bee has added IRS Schedule C expense categories to its flagship product, The Bee.

2C PROCESSOR USA JOINS INTACCT PARTNER PROGRAM

Charge hours have been a primary measure of performance in many accounting firms. However, the profession is moving from an efforts-based to a results-based economy, and charge hours are only one of many gauges that a firm pilot must watch.

Given how many businesses perform their own accounting, you might think that write-up is a thing of the past. After all, why should a business pay you to do something that they can do in-house?

SAGE RELEASES MOBILE PAYMENT TOOL FOR SMALL BIZ

Cloud-based accounting andfinancial management software provider Intacct has introduced over 100 enhancements, a new project accounting application, and a partnership with work management solutions provider Clarizen Inc.

Cloud-based financial planning and reporting solutionsprovider Adaptive Planning has released Version 7.0 of its product, which includesfeatures for reporting, application management, and data integration.

Paperless bill management and payment solutions provider Bill.com has added a simple data entry tool to its offerings, designed to allow small businesses, accountants and bookkeeping firms to save time and money by eliminating the need to manually type data into disparate banking or accounting systems.

CPA2Biz, the marketing arm of the American Institute of CPAs’ products and services, has added hosted Microsoft Exchange-based e-mail and collaboration services provider Apptix to its Trusted Business Solutions Provider program.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released Mobile CS, an iPhone app that provides mobile access to the company’s Practice CS practice management system.