Software vendors rarely agree with each other. But these days, nonprofit solution providers can't help but share a common goal of moving their nonprofit clients to the cloud*. For many nonprofits as well as for many other organizations in our post-recession world, the cloud is seen as a way of simplifying IT support requirements, reducing costs, and enabling smaller (often remote) staffs to get more accomplished.

With adversity comes opportunity. Who says the Federal government is not doing a good job at helping small businesses grow? Take a look at all the new tax and compliance regulations on small to medium sized-businesses. That is great for most accounting and CPA  firms.

We all know that data is being generated every second of every day in every location around the planet. Outer space management will be discussed at some future time.

For the small or mid-sized business owner, today's crop of accounting solutions is an embarrassment of riches. Your clients can dip their toes into cloud-based accounting by using an online solution for one or two functions. They can integrate an online add-on with their desktop accounting software. They can forge ahead and implement a 100-percent-in-the-cloud solution, like QuickBooks Online or Intacct, or sign up for a hosted environment.