When Accounting Today began presenting this annual selection of technological tools several years ago, “apps” were generally small, limited solutions, often single-purpose, that were primarily meant for mobile use on a phone or tablet; on the rare occasions when they were versions of larger software tools, it was understood that they would be cut down to a minimal number of functions.
That has all changed.
As mobile devices have grown more powerful and WiFi access ubiquitous — and as people have grown used to be able to work anywhere, anytime, on any device, the capabilities of apps have grown significantly, as has how we define them. These days, everything is an app, from your massive accounting software package on down — so when we asked a panel of IT-savvy practitioners, software experts and tech thought leaders to share their favorite apps, we got a very wide range of tools that solve an even wider range of problems.
A curated selection is presented below, in a number of (somewhat arbitrary) categories:
- Tools for accountants
- Data tools
- Security
- Collaboration & communication;
- Workflow & processes;
- Artificial intelligence;
- Productivity;
- Business online;
- CRM;
- Writing & notetaking;
- Artificial intelligence; and,
- Media.
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