Technology

One of the major changes taking place in the mobile publishing arena is a move away from having true dedicated “apps” to accomplish tasks on the go.

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Celerant Technology Corp. — Celerant Command Retail – Version 6.4718-605-7733www.celerant.com   Best Fit: Small, large, or somewhere in between, retailers will surely appreciate Command Center’s long list of product features, all designed to make running a retail establishment a lot easier. That long list of features makes Command Retail particularly well-suited for larger retailers, or […]

ECR Software Corp. — Catapult 5.1.1800-211-1172www.ecrs.com Best Fit: Catapult is truly designed for a specific part of the retail industry, and with touch screen technology standard on all of its systems, it truly works with high-volume specialty retailers of any size. Strengths Touch screen monitor is standard Product contains unlimited customization capability Little training necessary […]

Column: Bridging the Gap

Cloud-based accounting is taking off as small businesses and their public accountants, see the benefits of simplifying workflow, invoicing, payroll and other functions. One of the most rapidly growing companies in the space is Xero, which announced today they now have more than 100,000 paying customers. About 50,000 of those were added just in the […]

Adaptive Planning has introduced a new product, Adaptive Discovery, a cloud-based data visualization system for companies and nonprofits. The systemm part of the Adaptive Planning suite, provides a visually intuitive and interactive way for business managers to access, analyze, and explore key financial and operational data. Adaptive Discovery is designed to give CFOs, sales VPs, […]

The popular website hosting company Go Daddy has acquired Outright, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company that offers cloud-based financial management programs for small businesses.