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Mary Girsch-Bock

Contributing Writer

mary.girschbock@cpapracticeadvisor.com

Mary grew up in Chicago, graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago. She began her career as accountant and later made the switch to writing full time, concentrating on business and technology, with a focus on small business. A former QuickBooks beta tester, Mary’s work has appeared in The Motley Fool, The Blueprint, and Property Manager.com. She currently writes a monthly accounting and technology-related blog for PLANERGY, and ghostwrites several blogs for various software companies.

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Firm Management

2015 Review of Chrometa Time and Billing Software

Chrometa offers a passive timekeeping system, recording everything that is being worked on when the computer is active. Tracking can be completed on both computer and mobile devices, with Chrometa recording information such as application, file name ...

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Firm Management

2015 Review of BillQuick

BillQuick offers customization options to accounting firms, as well as architectural firms and engineering offices. The latest version of BillQuick offers several product enhancements including improved accounting capability, such as the availability of p

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of InsynQ Cloud Hosting

Accounting and CPA firms that utilize multiple tax and accounting applications and is actively looking for an established hosting business that specializes in hosting for accountants.

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of Xcentric Hosting

Designed specifically for accounting firms, Xcentric is a good fit for firms of all sizes that are interested in having their tax and related programs hosted.

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of Cloudvara Cloud Hosting

Cloudvara is truly a custom hosting service, offering a number of application options for accounting firms and other businesses looking to have accounting, tax, and other business applications hosted. The product is ideally suited for smaller ...

Cloud Technology

2015 Review of Cloud9 Real Time

Cloud9 is a good fit for both accounting firms as well as other business industries, including law firms, and general businesses that wish to expand internal capacity without the need to add expensive internal IT support and hardware.

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of Right Networks Cloud Hosting

Right Networks offers a variety of applications that accounting firms can access from anywhere. Available applications are listed by type, and include Accounting, Franchise, Small Business and Non-Profit apps.

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of CCH Axcess Portal

CCH Axcess Portal offers bi-directional file exchange, making it easy to send and receive a variety of file types. Clients can be provided with easy access to vital documents such as tax returns, financial statements, and other related documents and ...

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Client Portals

AccountantsWorld Client Portals are a central part of AccountantsWorld’s suite of web-based solutions for accounting professionals, allowing firm staff and clients to interact and share files and data. The portals, included with Power Practice, Cloud ...

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Cloud Technology

Client Portals Increase Efficiency, Provide Greater Convenience

While portals have been around for a while, their features have evolved over time. No longer just a place to exchange documents, portals offers a variety of related tools including the ability to be notified when a client accesses a document in the portal

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of SmartVault

Ideal for QuickBooks users, SmartVault offers accounting firms and other businesses both a fully-functional portal, as well as online document storage capability. A free plug-in allows QuickBooks users to attach documents and notes to QuickBooks ...

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Cloud Technology

2015 Review of Thomson Reuters -NetClient CS Portals

NetClient CS Portals, from Thomson Reuters, is a good fit for accounting firms using other applications from Thomson Reuters CS Suite, and is designed to offer clients easy access to invoices, payroll, and tax information.