From the monthly archives:

November 2011

Emily Suess remembers the first four words of the mission statement crafted by the school board leaders of her small school district in Southern Indiana. Hanging on the wall in every elementary, middle school, and high school classroom was a brief statement of purpose that started with the words “learning takes place here.” Apropos for […]

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The iPad was a phenomenon overnight. It has spurred a tablet craze that rendered your local Best Buy sold out for months and every employee vying to get one. The question then becomes, is it really a useful tool for my business or a “toy” that could lead to distractions? Kacee Johnson at Cloud9 posted […]

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In 2019, your law (or accounting) practice will use cloud accounting, a paperless office, and the iPad-10. But those won’t be the biggest changes to how you run your practice. Instead, the biggest difference will be in the way you value and price what you sell. And before you can make that change, you have to […]

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Much has been made in recent years regarding the growth of cloud accounting and computing. Simply stated, ‘cloud computing’ is the practice of storing information and applications online instead of a local computer or office server. Here at Catalyst QuickBooks and Enterprise  Solutions we increasingly utilize Cloud9 Real Time for hosting Intuit accounting and tax […]

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Editor’s Note: Our designated cloud accounting technology provider Cloud9 Real Time presented at Sleeter  QuickBooks alternatives and cloud-based accounting were the main themes of Doug Sleeter’s opening keynote address at the Sleeter Group annual conference in Las Vegas recently. Sleeter stressed how the profession is clearly moving in new directions and accountants need to think about changing how […]

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Small business budget and finance expert, Vanessa Richardson, wrote at Intuit that a “… hiker trekking through the wilderness wouldn’t start his trip without a map and compass.”  Of course those instruments are important in getting to the end of the journey.  But alas, all too frequently small-business managers launch their companies without a financial road map. One of […]

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QuickBooks hosting and beyond: Faster and safer and seamless, oh my!     Our designated cloud service provider – Cloud9 Real Time has announced the release of Simply Cloud9. The new infrastructure is set to change hosting as it is known today and will be released for general purchase beginning December 1st. President and CEO, […]

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