But the switch in the accounting software market is important because virtually every accounting firm's clients use some kind of financial software and as the size of the clients grow, the more likely it appears the switch from desktop to the cloud is going to occur.

Once clients embrace a technology, accountants need to know something about it. There's evidence from the channel recruiting by companies such as NetSuite and Intacct that firms are making this effort. For those who don't, the changing technology landscape is going to require some changes in thinking.