ADAPTIVE PLANNING ON SUITECLOUD

The general consensus in the industry is that accounting software is accounting software. While there are different bells and whistles, the underlying processes are the same whether the entity is a professional practice or a retail store. Sure, there are plenty of vertical packages available to more comfortably accommodate specific kinds of businesses, but for the most part, you can use pretty much any full-featured accounting system and make it work.

Shows are biting the dust this year,probably not permanently, but then again, who knows?

AccountantsWorld has begun selling unlimited payroll processing to accountants for $997 per year.

WebCPA is donning a new design starting today, and I’d like to hear from you if it meets your needs.

SAGE AIMS FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

The economic meltdown has many companies evaluating methods for preparing payroll.

CCH INTEGRATES SALES TAX SOFTWARE WITH DYNAMICS

Accelerating your firm's progress with technology is more imperative than ever. With new business models emerging in light of the fluctuating markets, firms must be prepared to compete under a variety of scenarios.

Practice management services concern Commercial Logic has entered into a U.S. distribution pact with Advanced Professional Solutions Pty Ltd., a global supplier of practice management software and services.

Sage North America has opened an online portal for small businesses that provides them with free online invoicing and other services.

Blum Shapiro Consulting, a unit of CPA and businessadvisory firm Blum Shapiro, has become a reseller for business intelligence andforecasting applications provider Prophix Software.

Accounting Technology magazine has published its annuallist of the Top 100 value-added resellers ofaccounting software.

Like everybody else these days, WebCPA is now jumping on the Twitter bandwagon.

Like many good ideas, Weiser's Buddy System started over drinks.

How can companies turn the Securities and Exchange Commission's XBRL mandate into an opportunity? By implementing an XBRL-enhanced document management strategy as part of their internal corporate filing workflow, which will both boost compliance and save money.Document management is based on applying the principles of structured content - documents that have been chunked into meaningful component parts and tagged in a systematic fashion. In the case of the corporate financial reporting process, the structure now being applied to financial content is XBRL, the financial XML standard that promises to transform, and perhaps revolutionize, how companies create and use their financial information to meet business objectives. With the SEC mandating the use of XBRL, now is the perfect time to take advantage of these two converging industry best practices.

DYNAMICS AX GOES GREENMicrosoft has added the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard to Microsoft Dynamics AX to help midsized businesses capture data that will allow them to measure indicators related to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions as part of their business processes. The tool will be available to Dynamics AX 2009 customers for free.

This sounds like an easy question, but it may be one of the most important decisions your firm makes as you move forward in rapidly changing times. In some firms, the name of the person will be obvious, while in other firms, people may name multiple people or simply say, "No one is really in charge of technology."Even in firms where the name is obvious, you should ask, "Do we have the right person in today's economy and rapidly changing technology?" Hopefully the answer is "Yes," but let's answer some probing questions before simply accepting the current IT leader. You should have a single person who acts as a focal point for leading IT. This does not necessarily have to be someone in the IT department. It can be a partner or other firm leader.

CCH has introduced IntelliConnect, the next generation of its widely used online information service, Tax Research NetWork.

The best of times, worst of times description is one of those overused literary allusions. But it may well apply to the business of selling accounting software over the last year.