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Nonprofit software vendor Blackbaud has acquired Attentive.ly, a company that enables organizations to conduct social listening. Charleston, S.C.-based Blackbaud plans to more deeply integrate Attentive.ly's capabilities into the next generation version of Luminate Online, which is a marketing tool. Terms were not disclosed.

The creation of a new international accounting association has been overwhelmingly approved by members of the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The organizations this weekend announced that 86.6 percent of AICPA members and 89.7 percent of CIMA members voted in favor of the proposed organization.

Intuit has opened its Firms of the Future Contest to accounting and bookkeeping firms from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Four global finalists will receive $5,000 each with the global winner receiving $10,000 when the winner is revealed at the software company's QuickBooks Connect conference on October 24 in San Jose, Calif.

Practice management software vendor OfficeTools has become a reseller of Crexendo telephone systems. The companies have not provided great detail about plans but the goal is to have cloud-based phone systems integrate with the next version of OfficeTools WorkSpace, which is scheduled to hit the market next year.