Danielle Lee

ZenPayroll announced a new $60 million round of funding in the company led by Google Capital.

Chat apps are currently a hot commodity, but it takes a balance of ease and cool functionality for any of them to overtake traditional email communication.

XCM Solutions announced the appointment of Mike Sabbatis as chief operating officer.

Integrated Business Systems announced it has partnered with Acumatica to sell its cloud-based accounting software and develop a new, property management-specific system module.

As a digital assistant, EasilyDo promises to be as indispensable as its human counterpart, organizing everything from travel to email.

H&R Block Small Business has selected SaaS expense report provider Tallie as the exclusive expense report solution for its small business accounting services.

Sage North America announced a new Sage Net Promoter Score Program for partners.

Intuit announced the acquisition of on-demand marketplace solution Playbook HR, as well as nine new apps that integrate with QuickBooks Online.

In a tax season plagued with identify theft and tax fraud, a new method of online criminal activity has been identified.

RubinBrown announced it has formed a new Cyber Security Advisory Services group, appointing Rob Rudloff to lead the national accounting and consulting firm’s new group.

Libra, makers of bitcoin tax-accounting service LibraTax, released two new services to help businesses and CPAs account for digital currency transactions.

The benefits of relaxation are obvious, but the methods for attaining it increasingly nebulous in today’s over-sensory work environments.

Cybersecurity is a CEO-level issue, stated David Finn, executive director of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, during his closing day keynote of the 2015 Microsoft Convergence Conference.

Avalara announced the launch of Avalara ExciseRates, a free fuel tax calculator for buyers and sellers of bulk fuel.

Microsoft announced the Spring '15 release of Microsoft Dynamics CRM, featuring enhancements in the five areas of productivity, social, mobility, analytics and knowledge.

Armanino released a Forecast Management solution for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, also compatible with all CRM solutions, enabling sales and operations executives to develop detailed sales forecasts.

“We are at the dawn of a new generation of business systems,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in his keynote to kick off Microsoft’s 2015 Convergence Conference, “with unlimited computing capacity in the cloud.”

Sageworks announced a marketing partnership with QBExpress, Intuit’s large network of QuickBooks consultants.

Socius has joined the NetSuite Solution Provider Program, adding the cloud-based ERP and omnichannel commerce software to its portfolio of Microsoft, Sage and Syspro solutions.

Intuit announced two new QuickBooks Online integrations with ecommerce companies Bigcommerce and Shopify to provide accounting and bookkeeping for businesses selling on these platforms.