Cloud-based financial and enterprise resource planning software provider NetSuite posted total revenue of $47.1 million for the second quarter ending June 30, 2010, representing a 17 percent increase over the prior year.

Sage North America has released Sage Payment Boss, a new mobile tool that allows small businesses to get paid anytime, anywhere, by accepting credit cards using a 3G-enabled phone and a merchant account.

Document management and archiving provider Doc.It has released the Doc.It Suite Small Firm Package, focused on firms with 10 users or less.

Three of the Big Four global accounting and consulting firms are among 12 organizations set to receive certification to implement financial software provider BlackLine’s Financial Close Software Suite.

SAP AG continues to target the small to midsized business market with the introduction of three new starter versions of its SAP Business ByDesign system, as well as the release of Feature Pack 2.5 for the system.

Practising Law Institute has released the Pocket MBA eMentor, a new learning tool designed to supplement the legal profession’s understanding of accounting and finance.

Deacom has introduced a mobile version of its enterprise resource planning software for manufacturing companies.

AuditMyBooks has formed a partner program to help CPAs, QuickBooks ProAdvisors, Intuit Solution Providers, and Certified Fraud Examiners showcase their expertise, earn cash rewards and deliver new error and fraud detection services to their clients.

XBRL U.S. has released a second version of its XBRL Consistency Suite with improved functionality and additional checks that now cover detailed footnote tagging, as well as a way to compare the 2009 Taxonomy Release to the 2011 pre-release of the U.S. GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy, recently published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Sage North America is offering Sage Peachtree Pro Accounting 2011 free of charge to businesses still using the discontinued Microsoft Office Accounting product.

Recent research indicates cloud computing can help businesses and many organizations recover from the economic downtown, but concerns over security may still prevent some businesses and government organizations from fully embracing its benefits.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has added two new business units, Business Compliance & Knowledge Solutions and Workflow & Service Solutions, led by Mark Schlageter and Brian Peccarelli, respectively, as the units’ new presidents.

In order for change to happen, people and organizations must adopt new behaviors. Most in the accounting profession admit that change is necessary, but honesty about the situation doesn't make change easy or fast. The gravity of the past is generally more compelling and less risky to many than the potential reward of the future. With this said, internal and external forces are driving change at an increasing pace.

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When many firms began their move towards becoming a "paperless" office, most took on the task of scanning their documents to a disk and storing them until needed. These days, the method is less popular since they have found the need for security, workflow and integration to their tax, audit and practice management applications.

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Syspro has introduced Dash ddx, document management and workflow software that works with the company’s manufacturing accounting software.

AccountMate Software Corp. has released AccountMate 8.0 for SQL and Express software, which incorporates over 100 enhancements and an entirely new module in the accounting software.

Sage North America has released the latest version of its human resources management system, Sage Abra Suite v9, which includes mobile workforce collaboration and paperless automation for small and midsized companies.

Corporate performance management software provider Prophix Software announced that Dallas-based management consultants Abacist Group has joined its reselling channel to help market and sell Prophix’s products.