Accountants and CPAs need to take the lead in getting ahead of the coming wave of change, says Kimberly Ellison-Taylor.

To keep up with the changes to come from artificial intelligence, firms will need to boost their skills around information.

Blockchain and other emergent technologies are upending the work accountants do; Thack Brown, general manager and global head of business finance at SAP, dives into how.

The new software integrations come on the heels of the release of the company’s brand new cloud network.

Having basically solved back-office functionality with machine learning and AI, Rod Drury said during Xerocon Austin, the front office comes into focus for accountants and their clients.

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Many businesses are still getting ready for the new revenue recognition and leasing standards, and in some cases that involves changing their technology and processes.

2017 has been a year of great expansion into the accounting technology space for the company.

The major firms are leveraging the latest tools to make the auditing process more efficient.

The Application Cloud, Business Cloud and QuickBooks Desktop Cloud allow accountants to access their software from anywhere.

The company’s software automates back office T&E functions with natural language processing and computer vision.

It will be business as usual with no layoffs or title changes, execs say.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is likely to issue guidance on the use of blockchain and data analytics technology as more auditing firms weigh the benefits and drawbacks of them.

Technology is going to radically reshape the profession in the next decade.

The Big Four firm plans to begin offering auditing technology next week to smaller accounting firms through a new venture.

The resource provides technologies, frameworks and methodologies for clients trying to accelerate digitization.

Automation and integration are among the key trends for accountants, say experts from the CPACA.

Different levels of technology skill will soon become a major differentiator among firms.

Top figures in the field are concerned about the impact of Blockchain and artificial intelligence — but they are also still concerned about staffing shortages.

As the United States and the Caribbean are battered by hurricanes, how to deal with power outages and data loss is top of mind.