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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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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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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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The Outdated WISP Problem Hiding in Many CPA Firms
A Written Information Security Plan may satisfy the question “do we have one?” But if it no longer reflects your people, systems, vendors and workflows, it may not help when…
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CPA Firms Need More Than MFA for Microsoft 365 Security
Most CPA firms rely on multi-factor authentication as the primary safeguard for Microsoft 365. That made sense a few years ago. Today, it’s no longer enough. Business email compromise (BEC)…
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AI Was the Headline at BDO Evolve. Operational Change Was the Real Story.
BDO Evolve 2026 brought together CPA firm leaders from across the country at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas for several days of sessions, strategy conversations and more than a few hallway…
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SOC 2 Type II vs. ISO 27001 for MSPs: What Actually Matters Across the CIA Triad
If your CPA firm is evaluating a managed service provider for IT-as-a-Service, security is usually the headline. But it is not the full story. For firms handling client financial data,…
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Why Data, Not Budget, Is Slowing AI Adoption in CPA Firms
Most CPA firms are not struggling to access AI. They are struggling to use it in a way that actually changes how work gets done. Over the past year, firms…
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How CPA Firms Can Lower IT Risk Without Increasing the Budget
Most breaches in mid-sized firms do not happen because the firm lacked a tool. They happen because no one owns enforcement. That distinction should change where leadership focuses. Many CPA…
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Netgain Accepted into BDO Alliance USA Vendor Marketing Program to Expand Access to Secure Technology and AI for CPA Firms
Alliance member firms can access Azure-based managed IT, 24/7 cybersecurity operations and AI expertise Minnetonka, MN – Feb. 24, 2026 – CPA firms face increasing pressure to strengthen their technology environments, defend against…
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You Already Have AI Governance. It’s Just Not Working the Way You Think.
With or without a formal AI policy, every CPA firm is already making AI decisions. This article is about recognizing that reality and understanding why unclear governance quietly stalls AI…









