Today's Technology for Tomorrow's Firm.
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April 2015 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com 21 By Isaac M. O'Bannon, Managing Editor The success of an accounting frm depends on many factors, but none are more important than your dedication to your clients and your professional knowledge. How you and your staff utilize and deliver that expertise and service is a matter of logistics and workfow, and improving those processes is at the forefront of the change in technologies for the profession. Effciency is the key to productivity, and the technologies your frm uses affect everything from how you get your work done and how you provide fnished products for your clients, to how you collaborate with staff and clients, and how your frm prepares for future client work. The most effective technologies for accounting frms and fnancial professionals come from vendors who have taken the time to understand the profession and continue to engage with practitioners. This helps them see and fnd solutions that help meet the real needs and ease the pains that professionals have in their day-to-day workfow. While many big brand technology providers are among this group, there are also many smaller technology specialists, sometimes with accounting professionals at their senior levels. The technology providers in this special "Who's Who" section are among those who have dedicated their own businesses to helping practicing public accountants be more productive and effcient in managing their frms and serving their clients. Take some time to get to know them, and you may fnd a technology or strategic partner that can help your practice realize success in the near term and the future. AccountantsWorld ............................22 AVALARA ............................................. 24 BQE SOFTWARE ..................................26 CLOUD9 REAL TIME .............................28 INTUIT ..................................................30 OFFICE TOOLS .....................................32 XERO ....................................................34 11th Annual AMONG THOSE SERVING THE TAX & ACCOUNTING PROFESSION