Accounting Technology articles from January 2008

Accounting Technology archives from January 2008

The Virtue of Virtualization.
January 1, 2008... Virtualization is the most important technology development for 2008 that accounting professionals know little about. Its not a new approach to technologyit has been around for decades. Readers of a certain generation may remember the VM...

Climbing The Ladder.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Both the technology and accounting businesses havent always been friendly arenas for women. And women in the tax and accounting software business sometimes get a double whammy. In Climbing the Ladder, Associate Editor Alexandra DeFelice...

Practice Development News.
January 1, 2008... AICPA Releases Top Ten Technologies list Information Security Management has once again been ranked as the No. 1 concern of those responding to the poll used in selecting the Top Ten Technologies from the American Institute of CPAs. ...

Accounting News.
January 1, 2008... NETSUITE GOES PUBLIC Online software vendor NetSuite has gone public in an offering that raised significantly more money than the company originally planned in its offering of 7.3 million shares. The company, led by CEO Zach Nelson,...

Tax & Financial Planning News.
January 1, 2008... INTUIT NAMES CFO Intuit has named R. Neil Williams, who was most recently EVP and CFO for Visa U.S.A., as its new CFO and SVP, the companys third CFO in two years. Williams, who gets a base salary of $550,000 a year, replaces Kiran...

Show Calendar.
January 1, 2008... MARCH 8-10 AccuFund Annual Reseller Meeting, Resort Suites Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz. www.accufund.com MARCH 11-14 Convergence North America 2008. Microsoft Dynamics user conference, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando,...

Accounting Technology March's Coming Attractions.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Profiting From Nonprofits Theres a big world of nonprofit organizations out there. And they need software and advice. Tax Season Help Online Preparers looking for quick answers to their tax questions in the wee hours of the...

Climbing To The Top: Has the glass ceiling really disappeared?
January 1, 2008... When a massive restructuring at Sage Software propelled Nina Smith to president of the vendors Business Management Division last spring, many men told her she was not the first choice for the job. She was no stranger to leadership, having...

Playing With the Boys.(Lisa McCarthy )
January 1, 2008... QuickBooks for DOS had only been on the shelves for about a week when Lisa McCarthy was hired to set up the accounting system for a learning disabilities clinic whose specialists were tracking payroll manually. Her work impressed Christine...

Portals: Gateways to Data: Portals look to be a major avenue for distributing client data securely.
January 1, 2008... R. Sean Manning, CPA, president of Manning & Co., says his firm has been taking advantage of Thomson Tax & Accountings NetClient CS portals and UltraTax/1040 Portals for the last three years a move that has enhanced the tax prep process and...

Higgins: Firms Must Define Portal Strategies.
January 1, 2008... Many industry sources believe that more and more firms will look to implement portals in light of security concerns and a desire for enhanced automated workflow. But before jumping aboard the portal bandwagon, John Higgins of CPA Crossings,...

Stable Software for Unstable Times: Familiar financial planning packages offer users comfort.
January 1, 2008... If there was ever a time when financial planning was staid or uncomplicated, that time is not now. With housing prices in free-fall, the financial markets on a roller coaster and the value of the dollar dropping like a rock, clients and their...

Stretching Out Cash: Lease Financing Helps Businesses Get More Bang For The Technology Buck.
January 1, 2008... Alex Solomon has no doubts about the role leasing plays in the performance of his company, New York-based NetWork, one of the largest Sage Software resellers in the country. Its great, says Solomon. It just makes it easier for the client to...

Leasing and Subscription Pricing: A Good Fit.(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Internet-based software, or as it is often called Software as a Service, lends itself to a subscription model in which end-users pay monthly fees instead of paying software licenses in one chunk. So how does the online model fit with...

New Product Listing.(Retirement Distributions Planner v.9.01)(CaseWare Time 2008)(Office Accounting 2008)
January 1, 2008... INTUIT ONLINE PAYROLL Intuit Online Payroll guides new employers and small businesses through payroll tasks, from setup, to paying employees to filing forms. The Liability Payment Center sends email reminders when key payments are due,...

Epicor's Balancing Act.
January 1, 2008... Epicor is known in the market for its strong direct sales force. Now, its trying to put more faith in the channel it has always had, but is looking to grow in strength rather than numbers. The company, which provides ERP, CRM and supply...

Advertisers' Index 1/08 - 2/08.
January 1, 2008... Ad Appears Advertiser on page ADP Small Business Service 3 CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business CV4 Thomson Creative Solutions CV2 Drake Software 1 Fujitsu...

Rene Lacerte: Entrepreneur by Blood.(Company overview)
January 1, 2008... Rene Lacerte learned the meaning of the word entrepreneur while sitting around the dinner table as the fourth generation of businessmen. His grandfather started seven companies, his father started five and his cousins founded Lacerte...

A Healthy Check on Payroll Expenses.
January 1, 2008... For many not-for-profits, personnel expenditures including payroll, payroll taxes, and fringe benefits can be greater than 50 percent of their total expenses. Yet, many not-for-profits have trouble accurately tracking these costs for all of...

Fund Accounting Fills a Definite Need.
January 1, 2008... In 2008, technology will continue to become an integral part of nonprofit accounting. However, the initial wow of certain technological facets has faded and users are realizing the difference between functions that are flashy-but-useless and...

Flexible Financial Systems a Must.
January 1, 2008... Epicor has helped many different kinds of non-profit organizations to be successful in todays business environment by providing enterprise systems and implementation expertise designed to meet the needs of non-profit concerns. Epicor for...

Accounting for Accountability.
January 1, 2008... Accountants may not have the creative reputation typically attributed to the marketing or fundraising departments, but they can play a significant role in the success of fundraising efforts. From single fundraising events to constituent...

Gain Time with BI.(Business intelligence )
January 1, 2008... Nonprofit financial officers, directors, and managers are hired and fired by their ability to manage the financial health of the organization. They are asked to be the change agents, tighten expenditures, manage to the budget, adhere to...

A Note to Nonprofit Investment Committees: Buyer Beware.
January 1, 2008... Increasingly, nonprofits are moving into alternative investments: private investment funds, hedge funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds, oil, and gas funds. The goal is generally higher returns and diversification. In going...

Securing Valuable Data.
January 1, 2008... Its every not-for-profit organizations worst nightmare: you find out that someone has hacked into your computer system and accessed your valuable information. You dont know what was stolen. It could be information about your organizations bank...

Remain Profitable and Serve Not-for-Profits.
January 1, 2008... The call comes in: Were a not-for-profit, can you work with us? Knowing all too well that not-for-profits typically have limited funds and challenging cost allocation issues to contend with, you affirm, perhaps somewhat reluctantly, that you...

Moving Not-For-Profits Forward.(outsourced work must track and control cost)
January 1, 2008... Not-for-profit organizations find themselves in a very challenging position. Government and funding sources thrust extremely sophisticated reporting requirements upon them, yet budget and personnel constraints often hamper their ability to...

Supporting Not-for-Profits.
January 1, 2008... From the CFO to the grants administrator and from the development manager to the volunteer in the field, the Serenic Navigator financial and operational software suite supports and enhances the unique workflow processes of not-for-profits,...

Nonprofits Facing New Hot Buttons.
January 1, 2008... The start of a new year is always a good time to take a moment to assess the hot buttons that can impact your organization during the coming year. For 2008, IRS reporting requirements and new auditing standards for your external auditors will...

Seven Questions to Ask Before Approving the Purchase of a New Accounting System.
January 1, 2008... Many organizations updated their accounting systems in the late 1990s as they prepared for the new millennium and the requisite change in date structure. With most software having a life cycle of six to eight years, many CFOs are now reviewing...