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July 8, 2013 

How small businesses benefit from cloud accounting systems

From the July 2013 issue. In its 2013 SMB Cloud Insights Market Outlook report, hosting services provider Parallels estimates the worldwide market for cloud services aimed at small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has reached $45 billion – up 30 percent relative to the prior year. Parallels further projects the SMB cloud services market will hit...…

 Another Way to be Found: Google Authorship

July 7, 2013 

Another Way to be Found: Google Authorship

“Being found” by potential clients can be a challenge. How do potential clients find you? The best way is always word of mouth from your colleagues and clients who know the work you do and your areas of expertise. But, word of mouth alone does not get the job done. People need a way to…

Hugh Duffy

 In $1B deal, Intuit sells it’s Financial Services unit to private equity firm

July 1, 2013 

In $1B deal, Intuit sells it’s Financial Services unit to private equity firm

Intuit Inc., the maker of QuickBooks, Quicken and TurboTax, along with many technologies for accounting professionals, announced on Monday that it is selling its Financial Services division (IFS) to private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Products include an internet banking platform, digital payment solution, mobile banking and digital banking add-on solutions.

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June 28, 2013 

Blowing in the Wind

Do you feel the winds of change blowing? Do you feel the impact of the cloud on your life? If not yet, you soon will. When I founded my first company PayCycle, I thought the web was all about anytime, anywhere access.

Rene Lacerte

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June 28, 2013 

Document Management – Should You Think Again?

From the July 2013 Issue. Document management seems to be a recurring theme for my practice this year. It may be because there are so many improvements in products. It could be that document management can be resource intensive to implement and that it raises so many procedural and cultural issues. It could be that...…

Randy Johnston

 2013 Review of Personable Document Management Suite

June 28, 2013 

2013 Review of Personable Document Management Suite

Personable Document Management Suite 2013800.688.4281www.personable.com From the July 2013 review of Document Storage systems. Best Firm Fit: Firms who work with the desktop version of QuickBooks, as well as those who would like to set up workflow processes within the firm as well as with clients. Strengths Offers integration with Outlook, Windows Explorer, and QuickBooks....…

Brian Tankersley

 2013 Review of Intuit Lacerte DMS and Intuit ProSeries DMS

June 28, 2013 

2013 Review of Intuit Lacerte DMS and Intuit ProSeries DMS

Intuit Lacerte and ProSeries DMS800.765.7777 (Lacerte) – http://accountants.intuit.com/lacerte800.934.1040 (ProSeries) – http://accountants.intuit.com/proseries From the July 2013 review of Document Storage systems. Best Firm Fit: Small tax and accounting firms who use Intuit’s Lacerte or ProSeries tax software and need to store documents associated with tax engagements. Strengths Good direct integration with the Lacerte and ProSeries applications,...…

Brian Tankersley

 2013 Review of Drake Document Manager

June 28, 2013 

2013 Review of Drake Document Manager

Drake Document Manager800.890.9500www.DrakeSoftware.com From the July 2013 review of Document Storage systems. Best Firm Fit: Firms who use the Drake Enterprises suite of applications for professional tax, accounting, and bookkeeping firms. Strengths Simple to use and included with the budget-priced Drake suite. Good integration with Drake’s add-on services for customers, including GruntWorx tax document organization...…

Brian Tankersley

 2013 Review of SmartVault

June 28, 2013 

2013 Review of SmartVault

SmartVault866-674-6785www.SmartVault.com From the July 2013 Review of Document Storage systems. Best Firm Fit: Accounting professionals and their clients whose practices involve working with the desktop version of QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online, and would like to view images of documents linked to transactions. Strengths Secure and stable (99.9% uptime) document storage and file sharing which scales...…

Brian Tankersley