News
The Journey from Premise to Hosted to SaaS - A CPA's Travel Guide - Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley
Cloud Computing and What It Means to You article by Tommy Stephens
Caution in the Cloud: 5 Concerns to Consider
Cloud Computing for CPAs
CPA Firms are now, more than ever, considering the cloud as a alternative to local networks. While many struggle to maintain local networks they are slow to warm to the idea of depending on outside resources. The firms that are looking appear to be looking category by category rather than a wholsale leap. Key areas of interest are workflow, client accounting, practice management, audit solutions, time and billing, portals.
Top Five Problems Facing Cloud Computing
- Bandwidth
- Reliability
- Security
- Breadth of Choice
- Regulation Compliance such as HIPPA, 7216, etc.
Cloud Computing Solutions
SaaS - Software as a service. These solutions were designed from the ground up to run accross the Internet instead of a local network.
Hosted - These products are the same as you would have installed on your local network and are now shared via the Internet.
National Hosting Options for QuickBooks
- CETROM
- Right Networks
- Ace Cloud Hosting
- AbacusNext
- Cloudnine REALTIME
- Cloudwalks
- InsynQ
- Cloudvara
- Realtime Data Services
- Swizznet
- Skyline Cloud Services (formerly Uni-Data)
- IVDesk
- NetTek
- List of Intuit-Authorized Commercial Hosting companies
Billing Solutions
- Bill.com - SaaS
- FreshBooks - SaaS
- Zoho Invoice - SaaS
Office Applications
- MS Office 365 - Microsoft - SaaS
- Google G Suite - Google - SaaS
- Zoho One - Zoho - SaaS
Accounting
Sites that are paid for product placement, but maintain broad catalogs of products:
Entry Level (SMB)
- Accounting Power - AccountantsWorld.com - SaaS
- Accounting CS - Thomson Reuters - Hosted
- AccountingSuite
- Aplos - Aplos Software - SaaS
- FreshBooks - FreshBooks - SaaS
- Kashoo - Kashoo - SaaS
- Less Accounting - Less Accounting - SaaS
- Patriot Software - Patriot Software Company - SaaS
- QuickBooks Online - Intuit - SaaS
- Sage Business Accounting - Sage - SaaS
- Talibro.com - Talibro.com - SaaS
- Wave - Wave Financial, Inc.- SaaS
- Xero - Xero, Inc. - SaaS
- Yendo - Yendo - SaaS
Mid-Market (SME)
- Acumatica - Acumatica, Inc. - SaaS or Premise
- Business by Design - SAP - SaaS
- Epicor ERP - Epicor - SaaS or Premise
- FinancialForce - Coda Financials - SaaS
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Financials - Microsoft
- NetSuite - Oracle, Inc. - SaaS
- TRAVERSE - OSAS, Inc. - Hosted or Premise
- Sage Intacct - Sage - SaaS
Payroll Solutions
- Payroll Relief - AccountantsWorld.com - SaaS
- After-the-Fact Payroll - AccountantsWorld.com - SaaS
- ACS Payroll - Thomson Reuters - Hosted
- ADP Payroll - ADP - SaaS
- myPay - Thomson Reuters - SaaS
- Accounting CS Payroll - Thomson Reuters - Hosted
- Intuit Online Payroll - Intuit - SaaS
- onpay - OnPay, Inc. - SaaS
- myPay - Thomson Reuters - SaaS
- Patriot Software - Patriot Software Company - SaaS
- Paycom - Paycom - SaaS
- Paycor - Paycor, Inc. - SaaS
- Paychex Payroll - Paychex - SaaS
- Payroll Services - Sage Payroll Services - SaaS
Tax Compliance
- Avatax - Avalara - SaaS
- Vertex SMB - Vertex - SaaS
- Sovos - Sovos Compliance, LLC (IRIS)
Mobile Apps
- Concur Mobile - Concur - SaaS
- Freshbooks Mobile Apps - FreshBooks - SaaS
- TripIt Mobile - TripIt - SaaS
- Citrix Mobile Workspace - Citrix - Hosted