Monthly Archives: May 2012

Migrating to the cloud

Posted on May 22, 2012 by bmss

By Keith Barfield, Founding Shareholder, CPA, CITP Ten years ago, we were the first accounting firm in Alabama to go paperless. That was a pretty big deal back then. There was even an article about it in the Birmingham News, called … Continue reading →

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Tech companies confident about 2012

Posted on May 15, 2012 by bmss

From December 2011 to January 2012, BDO conducted its fifth annual survey of 100 CFOs from technology companies in the U.S. from the software, hardware, telecommunications, Internet and information technology sectors. The goal was to find out what challenges and … Continue reading →

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What it means to be a CITP

Posted on May 8, 2012 by bmss

By Keith Barfield, Founding Shareholder, CPA, CITP Accountants sometimes get the reputation of being boring or stuffy. (Which is totally not true, by the way.) So what do you get with an accountant who is so into technology that they … Continue reading →

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How it all started for BMSS

Posted on May 1, 2012 by bmss

By Keith Barfield, Founding Shareholder, CPA, CITP The year 1991 was a recession year due to the impacts of the first Gulf War. Business was slow and profit was down at the previous firm where I, Don Murphy and John Shank … Continue reading →

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