Nonprofit software vendor Blackbaud reported that net income dropped to $25.6 million for the year ended December 31, a decline of 9.4 percent from $28.3 million in 2014. The Charleston, S.C.-based company reported revenue of $637.9 million for the most recently ended year, up 12.8 percent from $564.4 million the prior year.

Xero has integrated its low-cost accounting software with Microsoft Power BI. The New Zealand-based cloud software vendor says the link will provide its users with an easier way to access and analyze information from Xero and other packages.

An Exposure Draft about revisions to standards for continuing professional education has been reissued by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs. The Statement on Standards for Continuing Professional Education  received 51 comments in the initial period for public comment from April through October last year.