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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

2017 Review of NetClient CS Portals

NetClient CS Portals are part of the CS Professional Suite from Thomson Reuters. NetClient CS Portals is a good fit for accounting firms of any size that are using or planning to use other Thomson Reuters applications.

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Firm Management

2017 Review of Right Networks Hosting

Right Networks Hosting is a good fit for CPA firms, accounting firms, and small businesses that are interested in having QuickBooks and other applications hosted on the cloud. Right Networks Hosting is scalable, with three versions of the product availabl

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Firm Management

2017 Review of InsynQ Cloud Hosting / CPAASP

InsynQ is well suited for small to mid-sized accounting firms that are looking for QuickBooks hosting capability, as well as the ability to host tax and related programs. CPAASP is the accounting solutions branch of InsynQ, which offers hosting for a ...

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Firm Management

2017 Review of SmartVault

SmartVault is available in three versions, with all versions offering document management, custom branding, automatic file check in and check out, full text search capability, and an activity log. Email notification is also available, with users ...

Firm Management

2017 Review of AccountantsWorld Cloud Cabinet

AccountantsWorld solutions provide a number of portals that make it easy to share documents and information with clients and client employees.

Firm Management

2017 Review of Cloudvara

Cloudvara is best suited for small businesses and accounting firms that only have a few applications that they wish to have hosted. Though Cloudvara specializes in QuickBooks hosting, it also offers legal, accounting, and tax software hosting as well.

Firm Management

2017 Review of Cloudnine Realtime

With four versions available, firms have the option to have a single application hosted, or an unlimited number, based on their needs, and can easily scale up to the next version if needed. Cloudnine Realtime is also a licensed commercial host for all ...

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Firm Management

2017 Review of Cetrom CPA Cloud

Cetrom is a complete application hosting provider that is well suited for CPA and accounting firms, as well as businesses looking to outsource their IT to a cloud provider.

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Firm Management

2017 Reviews of Hosting Providers

Today, business owners and employees alike use a variety of methods to access software, including iOS and Android smartphones. IT staff has been pared down or eliminated as the need to install and maintain multiple software products on a local ...

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Accounting

2017 Review of EMERGE App

EMERGE is an inventory management app that also offers sales order, purchase order and basic accounting functionality. Emerge offers multi-currency functionality, making it a good solution for smaller retail businesses that sell to a global market.

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Small Business

2017 Review of Acctivate QuickBooks Inventory

Acctivate is designed specifically for QuickBooks users, and works well with small to mid-sized distribution and online retail businesses. Seamlessly integrating with QuickBooks products, Acctivate offers comprehensive inventory tracking and ...

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Small Business

2017 Review of EZOfficeInventory

EZOfficeInventory is a web-based asset tracking and inventory management system well suited for a variety of industries that need to track inventory as well as other business assets. The product is offered in a variety of plans that are suitable for ...