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Flip the Script: Build Your CPA Firm’s AI Strategy Around Business Goals
When someone proposed a new advisory practice or service line, Gary Thomson learned to ask for more than a good idea. Enthusiasm mattered, and the opportunity might fit the firm’s…
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The 2027 CPA Firm Technology Planning Guide: Five Decisions to Make Before Busy Season
It’s October, and your firm is working through next year’s technology budget. The application slowdowns from last busy season are still on IT’s list. One team expects to add seasonal…
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The AI Advantage for CPA Roll-Ups Isn’t Access. It’s Execution.
By the time a CPA platform has completed a string of acquisitions, it may already have plenty of AI. One firm is using Copilot. Another has teams experimenting with ChatGPT…
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Signs Your CPA Firm Has Outgrown Its Infrastructure
Your firm has just acquired a 40-person practice. On paper, the integration looks manageable. In reality, your IT team is drowning as they try to learn the new practice’s different…
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What Is Device Code Phishing? A New Identity Risk for CPA Firms
An account is compromised. But when your IT team starts retracing what happened, the usual phishing story doesn’t quite fit. The employee didn’t type a password into an obviously fake…
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AI for CPA Firms: Where It’s Actually Working and What Comes Next
A year ago, many conversations about AI for CPA firms still started with the same basic question: What can we actually do with this? That question is quickly being replaced…
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The Meat of It: 5 Takeaways for CPA Firms from Boomer Circle Summit 2026
Kansas City Sets the Stage The Netgain team traveled to the 2026 Boomer Circle Summit in Kansas City (Aug. 16 to 19) expecting good barbecue and better conversations. We got…
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Why CPA Firm AI Projects Stall After the Pilot
A small group inside a CPA firm tests an AI use case and gets promising results. The tool saves time, the users see potential and leadership agrees it should expand.…
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Your Firm Is Already Using AI. The Question Is Whether You Can Govern It.
For most CPA firms, AI adoption isn’t a future initiative. It’s already happening, mostly out of view. Your people are using ChatGPT, Claude and other tools to draft, summarize and…
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Netgain Named to CRN’s 2026 Fast Growth 150, Extending Six-Year Run of CRN Recognition
Honor Reflects Netgain’s Growth and Continued Investment in Industry Expertise and Client Service MINNETONKA, Minn., Aug. 6, 2026 – Netgain Technology, LLC, a provider of managed cloud, IT and cybersecurity…
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RDS vs. Azure Virtual Desktop: Requirements, Costs and Key Differences
Most organizations do not decide between Remote Desktop Services and Azure Virtual Desktop during a clean strategy session. The question usually surfaces after something starts creating friction: an aging server…
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Technical Debt in CPA Firms: The Costs That Never Appear in the IT Budget
Nobody approves a budget line called technical debt. Nevertheless, it accumulates 20 minutes at a time: a manager reconciling two reports, an associate re-entering client data and an IT leader…
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