02/08/2012 - 13:20 - 801 reads
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has partnered with Telligent to create a social networking site - This Way to CPA - for college students aspiring to become accountants. This Way to CPA is designed to increase awareness of AICPA and to drive its recruitment efforts.
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02/01/2012 - 13:08 - 677 reads
Microsoft announced that the next version of its flagship productivity suite has entered the "technical preview" phase of its development cycle. This program allows Microsoft customers to test and provide feedback on what's currently known as Office 15.
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01/13/2012 - 11:49 - 2183 reads
Some accountants hesitate to adopt SaaS-based solutions. While they offer a variety of reasons for their hesitation, uncertainty seems to be the underlying one. However, accountants who adopted SaaS solutions over the last year have found increased success in their respective practices.
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01/13/2012 - 11:46 - 1323 reads
Big 4 accounting firm Deloitte started the new year by purchasing Seattle-based Ubermind. The 200-person firm develops mobile apps, e-commerce, and content management solutions for such companies as Apple, Target, Alaska Airlines, TruTV, Amtrak, and REI.
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12/09/2011 - 14:01 - 2842 reads
If you or your clients use QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Enterprise, you'll find that QuickBooks 2012's new features will help you gain new insights into financials, get more organized, and save time and steps.
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11/28/2011 - 11:23 - 2586 reads
Members of the legal and financial community have received a phishing message in the past week purportedly from AccountingWEB. As with the other phishing schemes, this message is not a legitimate message, it should be deleted, and any attachments should be ignored.
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11/23/2011 - 12:11 - 1905 reads
Your Web site should be a profit center for your accounting practice and generate a steady flow of qualified leads. If it is not, then something is wrong....
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11/18/2011 - 12:56 - 1546 reads
The 2012 "Awesome Add-Ons" were announced earlier this month at the Accounting Solutions Conference in Las Vegas, recognizing technologies that can work with common business accounting and management systems to help small businesses be more efficient and productive.
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11/18/2011 - 12:42 - 1502 reads
Business software developer The Access Group predicts that businesses are in for some radical structural changes.
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11/18/2011 - 12:09 - 1980 reads
There remains a lingering lack confidence in the resilience of many Cloud solutions. The CIO must look at moving the Cloud computing discussion past technology and economics and onto the major benefits such as business agility, time to market, and competitive positioning
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11/18/2011 - 11:40 - 4399 reads
Cloud Computing skills are top of the to do list for ICT professionals if they want their careers to flourish in 2012, along with business analytics, mobile computing, and social business.
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11/15/2011 - 12:20 - 5780 reads -
Have you considered using QR Codes to promote your accounting practice? Kara Haas asks and answers the most common questions about how this new technology tool is changing the marketing landscape.
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11/09/2011 - 13:22 - 1829 reads
Innovative thought is the theme at CCH Connections, this year's annual CCH User Conference, and the Thomas Paine statement of "Lead, follow, or get out of the way," has never been more appropriate than it is today.
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11/07/2011 - 00:44 - 1413 reads
Over 800 members of the Thomson Reuters tax and accounting community gathered in San Diego last week to learn about the latest innovations in their software, experiment with new tools, and connect with peers, colleagues, and members of the Thomson Reuters staff.
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10/27/2011 - 13:41 - 2323 reads
It didn't take long for Patti Scharf, CPA, to see a trend developing among her small business clients: She was handing out monthly financial statements, but her clients didn't seem all that interested in the information she was providing.
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10/20/2011 - 13:06 - 1518 reads
There used to be a time when financial professionals at tax and accounting firms spent hours of their time in back offices copying returns in triplicate or communicating with their clients through daylong games of phone tag or trips to the post office.
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10/14/2011 - 13:10 - 3246 reads -
By definition, cloud computing is Web-based computing, whereby shared resources, both software and information are provided to computers and other devices on-demand through an Internet connection.
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10/14/2011 - 12:26 - 1696 reads
The vast majority of senior executives said their organizations have already moved at least some business activities to the cloud and expect their 2012 investment to skyrocket.
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10/13/2011 - 22:56 - 2453 reads
Recently the conversation in the enterprise IT department has shifted for many from "should we be moving to the Cloud?" to "what, when and how are we moving to the Cloud" as many of the key benefits of the Cloud model - reduced costs and management overhead, flexibility and scalability and accessibility - become increasingly well understood and accepted.
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10/07/2011 - 09:53 - 1432 reads
At the latest KPMG Iberoamerica Tax Summit, where the environment and technology were key themes, over 50 percent of the audience said that the green agenda is a top strategic priority for their organizations, and 35 percent felt the cloud will be the greatest transformation from a technological point of view.
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