Right Networks has acquired Rootsworks, which helps accounting firms improve their operations. Terms were not disclosed.
Based in Bloomington, Ind., Rootworks claims almost 700 member firms. Founder Darren Root will continue with the business, serving as GM and Right Networks VP of market strategy.
Right Networks’ accounting firm customers now have the option of subscribing to Rootworks’ Modern Firm Performance Platform.
The Right Networks Cloud Premier hosts business applications for accounting firms. It also has partnerships with Microsoft and Intuit that enables businesses to bring their applications to Right Networks for hosting or buy their licenses from the hosting company.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind