Paychex says it is getting lots of interest in the low-cost accounting package it is marketing. But comments during the recent earnings webcast suggested the payroll services company still has not ironed out the details of how to get small businesses to sign up for the Kashoo-based cloud product in great numbers.

The market for Internet-based payroll and HR services is drawing a crowd as three organizations have gone to the public market for funds. Those are the TriNet Group, Paycom Software and Paylocity with TriNet having raised $240 million in an IPO that was priced a week ago. Paylocity went public on March 18 while Paycom filed a registration statement for its proposed IPO on March 10.

BDO Seidman has sold its Synergistic Software Solutions operations and the manufacturing software that unit has marketed to a private equity investment group. Anania & Associates of Windham, Maine, has purchased Synergistic and the JobOps application that is marketed to users of Sage 100 ERP accounting software.

The Information Technology Alliance and CPA2Biz will co-locate their fall conferences in December. The organizations said the overlapping AICPA/CPA2Biz Digital CPA Conference and the ITA Fall Collaborative, will be held as separate conferences, but offer shared general sessions and cross over topics.