Accounting Technology articles from March 2006

Accounting Technology archives from March 2006

2006 Show Calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... March 2-7 AccountMate Synergy 2006 Reseller Conference. Embassy Suites, San Rafael, Calif. www.accountmate.com March 15-18 Exact Software. EPIC 2006 Partner Conference. Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix....

April's Coming Attractions.
March 1, 2006... Ramping Up How are firms dealing with the shortage of help? The VAR 100 The third-annual ranking of accounting software resellers will show just how much the market has changed in a year. Looking at Tax Research How is...

Home: Where the Paper Roams.
March 1, 2006... Two shelves of a metal bookcase are lined with stacks of printouts, variously arranged, some in actual order. In another bookcase, notebooks are piled on top of each other on two shelves, spilling onto the floor. Sound like a typical...

Life on the Web.
March 1, 2006... In 2005, the Internet became a reality for many firms. They didn't start using it in place of most desktop applications. But they started to see the benefits of online computing. In "Life on the Web," Accounting Technology looks at the way...

Need Insights?(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Editor Robert Scott also writes "Consulting Insights," a free, twice-monthly electronic newsletter that addresses issues concerning the consulting and reselling market. It's insight with an attitude. If you want to subscribe, put the following...

What Is the Most Important Technology Issue for 2006 and Why?
March 1, 2006... "Safe" computing. Unfortunately, the ongoing game of one-upmanship continues between the vendors (and Microsoft) who purport to be able to protect you and your network from outside intrusions and those that continue to try to exploit computers...

Practice Development News.(Templeton & Co. starts tech division)(Business Management Software appointed Christopher Curran )(Information Technology Group has promoted Matt Van Winkle)
March 1, 2006... CISAs CAN BECOME CITPs CPAs who also hold the CISA credential can receive the Certified Information Technology Professional credential under and agreement between the American Institute of CPAS and the Institute of Accounting. The...

Accounting News.(Microsoft Business Solutions financial statement)(Ron Verni compensation at Sage Software )(Sage Practice Solutions sold to CCH )
March 1, 2006... MBS MAKES MONEY Microsoft Business Solutions posted its first profit as a division, reporting $10 million in operating earnings for the second quarter ended December 31. The earnings compared to a loss of $17 million a year earlier....

Tax & Financial Planning News.(Wolters Kluwer appoints Paul Jensen)(Thomson Corp consolidates its hiring)(Advent Software financial statement)
March 1, 2006... WK HIRES RIA VET Wolters Kluwer has named Paul Jensen, formerly chief technical officer at competitor RIA, to the newly created position of vice president of content and platform management for North America. Wolters Kluwer, parent to...

Life on the Web: The Internet is emerging as a tool accountants are taking seriously.
March 1, 2006... The slogan on the long-sleeved, dark blue shirt is from another era: "Visions 2000. Leading the E-Business Revolution." It was a period of optimism about the Internet, in this case from Sage Software. At the same time, a company then known...

Storm Warning.(back ups for disaster planning)
March 1, 2006... The last hurricane season, which exhausted the usual selection of people's names and letters of the Greek alphabet to name storms, also has triggered more interest in the Internet. In fact, the Internet has changed the formula for disaster...

Online Images.(Document management software)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... Document management has been a major factor in pushing accounting firms to the Internet. Thomson purchased Immediatech's GoFileRoom, a Web-based document management system, for its RIA operations. That product appears headed for...

The Revolution Arrives: Document management begins to live up to its promise.
March 1, 2006... The concept of the "paperless office" has been around for nearly three decades, long enough for it to have become an almost meaningless piece of jargon- the revolution that never happened. Yet in 2006, the ability to electronically store and...

Training Pays: As software needs change, so does the amount of training provided to end users.
March 1, 2006... It should be simple: The better clients are trained, the less frustrated they are with their software purchases. Not to mention, they get a better return on their investment, and happier customers are customers for life. Training is...

What Type of Training Classes Attract Customers?
March 1, 2006... As vendors produce new versions of software in an attempt to make things easier, features tend to be more complex. Are customers still looking to be trained on the basics, or do they want to learn about business processes as well? ...

Technology: Risky Business: Risk Management Is Producing Lots of IT Jobs.
March 1, 2006... A decade ago, risk management largely meant determining the appropriate insurance policy for the destruction of a building or downtime of a processing plant, and paying the premiums, muses Tony Munns. It's not news to anyone in the...

Risk Management: A Jobs Definition.
March 1, 2006... With the growing number of risk-management jobs that touch on computer systems, there are also a number of related job titles. Many of these jobs require experience with specific software packages. Besides looking for those with IT...

Having A Plan.(risk assessment to be done in community banks)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... What do you do when the CIO is going to be fired and he's the person with the access to the sensitive financial data in the organization's computer systems? CPA and technology assurance consultant Joel Lanz faced that challenge in...

Focusing on Mini Niches: The dominance of the horizontal reseller is slowly dwindling as more resellers are venturing into mini-niche markets.
March 1, 2006... Clark Haley prides himself on being the Master of One. In this case, that's one market. The owner of the San Antonio-based firm Business Computer Systems has always "believed in niches," and has focused on the rental management market...

Getting Immersed in an Industry.(Alpine Management Solutions)(ABF Security)
March 1, 2006... Jim Lee, originally the CFO of an alarm company, realized how hard it was to manage business, so he founded Alpine Management Solutions in 2000 to develop, sell, and support accounting and management software for alarm security companies. ...

How to Choose a Niche?(rental market analysis tips)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... Once a reseller decides to go with a niche market, what steps do they need to take in order to be successful? According to Paul Chapdelaine, CPA and president of Avon, Conn.-based RMI Corp., who focuses on the rental market, "Breaking into...

Open Systems: It's the Relationship.(Value added resellers vendor relationship)
March 1, 2006... The relationship Open Systems resellers have with the vendor's executives yields big returns for its VARs. For Kathy Walsh, president of Wilmore, Ky.-based Dynamic Accounting Solutions, that relationship translates into an ability to market...

Advertisers' Index March 2006.
March 1, 2006... Ad Appears Advertiser on page Blackberry/RIM 11 CCH a Wolters Kluwer Cov 4 Creative Solutions Cov 2 Dell 15 Fujitsu 7 ...

Hapeman: Remaking IT.(Information Technology)
March 1, 2006... What do you do when you take over a successful technology program at a large regional firm? In Jeff Hapeman's case, you make sweeping changes. Early last year, Hapeman took over the position of chief technology officer at Clifton...