cch opens platform to connect 3rd-party apps

 

new partner program with other software vendors supports immediate integrations.

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tax and accounting professionals now have a new way of working, integrating applications from different sources on cch’s new “open” integration platform, sharing common data and streamlining workflows easily between systems. applications available for integration include those created by cch, and other applications by third-party providers – and even applications developed within a firm or corporation.  

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cch rolls out free tax news phone app

cch tax news iphone app
cch tax news iphone app

iphone and ipad users can click here; androids here.

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cch is launching a free tax news highlights app for iphones, ipads and android devices

the app was spearheaded by cch’s newly formed agile publishing solutions team, a rapid development prototype team.

for now, the cch tax news highlights app focuses solely on the most up-to-date federal and state tax news headlines – available at the touch of a screen icon. the app has the ability to grow into a much larger information content source designed for professionals, educators and students for all relevant tax and accounting news.

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sevenkeys cpa offers strategic planning online workshop for accounting firms

the sevenkeys to successful cpa firm management, a ground-breaking and comprehensive investigation into the critical success factors for today’s accounting firm, is now offering a two-hour online workshop.


thursday, september 22, 2011
12:00-2:00 p.m. eastern
$289 per connection
(discounted from $329 for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 readers)
learn more here

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software cfos expect cloud computing to drive their industry’s growth

leaving the recession behind with new hiring.

software company ceos and cfos say in a new survey that cloud computing and software-as-a-service will drive spending in their industry over the next 12 months.

the survey also finds most expect their company’s business will grow by at least 20 percent in 2011 and that hiring will increase significantly. the software ceo/cfo outlook 2011 study was conducted by sand hill group and underwritten by adaptive planning and intacct.

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technology raises the bar: four things accountants must do to keep up

dustin lubertazzi

principles of accounting remain unchanged, but…

by dustin lubertazzi,
senior consultant, sageworks, inc.

luca pacioli, an italian mathematician and franciscan friar, is widely known as the “father of accounting” for publishing 36 chapters on the double-entry accounting method used by venetian merchants during the italian renaissance. his book, summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalita (which translates, “everything about arithmetic, geometry and proportion”), was written as a textbook for students in northern italy at the end of the 15th century. pacioli’s documentation of double-entry accounting and ledgers taught entrepreneurs of the day how to conduct business using timely and accurate financial information, and it established the fundamentals of accounting still practiced today.

pacioli’s fundamentals were only feasible thanks to the written numeral system and the abacus developed before that. and since then, the industry has seen further and more ground-breaking developments including the introduction of the typewriter, then computers, and later the internet. with each of these milestones, technology not only impacted how accountants handle financial information but also how they interact with their clients.

with the changing technological landscape, what must accountants do to stay competitive in the future, and how will technology change the future role of the accountant?

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