I'm Heather Smith and welcome to Cloud Stories, a podcast exploring the Accounting and Business Apps community. Today I’m trying out something new. I’ve given it the big hairy audacious title of The Accounting Innovation and Technology Buzz: Current News, Trends and Analysis. Joining me on the show is Trent McLaren. You might recall I’ve interviewed Trent on podcast shows. We’ve been friends for many years, and I always enjoy our conversations because he has well thought out insights about the industry. Currently, Trent is the Head of the Accounting & Bookkeeping Channel at DiviPay. In his past lives, Trent has probably worked at more Accounting Technology companies than many. Notably, Practice Ignition, Intuit and where I met him at eWay. He also worked for the outsourcing company TOA Global.

In this episode, we talk about the many acquisitions that are happening in the industry.

* Intuit + MailChimp + DataDear acquisition

* We talk about the DiviPay Feature release

* Practice Protect report: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6851377168572928001/

* Cin7 Inventory and Order Management Trends report: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6851377168572928001/

I’m currently working with the Team at DiviPay to help them connect with the Accounting and Bookkeeping community. If you want to read about the way I work with Accounting Apps, please visit http://endorsementdisclosure.com/. You can always see my strategic partners, as they are clearly labelled in pink on the headers of all of my social media platforms.

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