Cloud Technology
Isaac M. O'Bannon
Managing Editor
isaac.obannon@cpapracticeadvisor.com
Isaac M. O'Bannon is the managing editor and digital content manager for CPA Practice Advisor (www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com), drawing on two decades of experience covering the areas of professional accounting, taxation, business productivity and consumer technologies.
Prior to CPA Practice Advisor, O'Bannon was a consultant at firms in San Francisco, Denver and Tulsa, serving clients that included Logitech, Polycom, Hilti, Microsoft, the Stanford Research Institute, the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering and other technology leaders. He is a U.S. Navy veteran.
Email: isaac.obannon - @ - cpapracticeadvisor.com
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Cloud Technology
2014 Review of Cloud9 Real Time
Accounting
AICPA Announces Scholarship Award Winners
The American Institute of CPAs has announced five recipients of the 2014-15 AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship. The one-year $5,000 scholarship is awarded to students from liberal arts and other non-traditional business backgrounds who are pursuing ...
Are You Ready for Changes to the W-2 and 1099 Forms?
Tips to help employers understand some of the upcoming changes that range from health care benefits to Social Security, and how to stay in compliance.
Accounting
CCH Enhances Mobile Solutions for Faster, More Efficient Results
Wolters Kluwer, CCH has added new features and enhancements to its CCH Mobile app, winner of the 2014 SIIA Software CODiE Award for Best Enterprise Mobile Application.
Benefits
What to Do if You Haven't Saved Enough for Retirement
A recent survey by Wells Fargo found that 22 percent of Americans in the middle class would rather die early than not have the means to live comfortably through their retirement years.
IRS
IRS Poorly Managing Mobile Devices, Says Report
The agency's system of records designed to document wireless device inventory was not consistently updated as changes occurred, which resulted in almost 57 percent of inventory records being inaccurate.
Firm Management
Illinois Firms Porte Brown and Katzenbach Merge
The Chicago-based accounting and consulting firm of Porte Brown LLC has merged with Katzenbach & Associates, Ltd., a Bloomingdale-based public accounting firm. Financial details of the merger have not been disclosed.
Firm Management
3 Valuable Tools for Sharing Files with Clients
There are several professional accounting and workflow systems that include optional portals or similar collaboration features. These systems may be ideal for firms already using the primary software.
Cloud Technology
2014 Review of Citrix ShareFile
Citrix ShareFile offers file sharing and portal services for virtually any business in any industry, including financial professionals. ShareFile runs on top of multi-site cloud services hosted in commercial data centers in the U.S.
Cloud Technology
2014 Review of Thomson Reuters NetClient CS Portals
The NetClient CS portal system is designed for accounting firms using other programs in the Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite. The portal collaboration system is particularly well integrated with the suite’s FileCabinet CS document management ...
Cloud Technology
2014 Review of CCH Axcess Portal
Axcess Portal is an integrated part of the CCH's cloud-base suite of professional accounting applications. The service is operated from dedicated hosting within an externally audited (SOC 2) Tier IV data center based in the U.S. Firm ...