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remote access boosts productivity, requires planning

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by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

give your people access to the firm application and data resources needed whenever and wherever they are. they will get more work done in less time. one of the key components in optimizing firm production is providing the capability for firm personnel to work from anyplace, at any time, at their own convenience.

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according to the aaa 2015 survey, 77 percent of firms stated they implemented remote access technology to access firm resources when away from the office. read more →

get ahead of your software updates

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words "time for an update" on clock facebottom line? you’ll be more productive.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

every firm has concerns about their systems being hacked or getting attacked by a virus or malware. the vast majority of issues can be effectively negated with one simple process: keep your software updated.

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for workstations, your antivirus software should regularly look for updates and automatically install them. microsoft windows has an update feature that can be set to automatic for security upgrades. turn them on and schedule them to run automatically, either overnight or on weekends. read more →

blame accounting vendors: accountants stuck with outdated versions of microsoft office

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microsoft office logomany still using office 2010 even as microsoft plans launch of new 2016 version.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

to be effective in business today, every member of your firm must optimally utilize the microsoft office suite at an intermediate to advanced level for outlook, excel, and word. today’s standard is office 2013, but many firms use office 2010 because some accounting vendors still do not support office 2013 within all of their applications.

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this is a good time for firms to review their listing of accounting applications to determine if they can transition to office 2013 and the cost to do so. keep in mind office 2016 will likely be released later this year and supported by the accounting vendors by the end of 2016. read more →

four signs the uberization of accounting has already begun

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how disruption is creating a “no-choice future” for some firms.

by hitendra patil

the dictionary defines “uber” as a superlative example of its kind or class. the word uber, derived from german language, means “over” or “beyond”.

you may have heard of the uberization of the taxi cab hiring industry, or of room rentals via airbnb, and other such services. that was made possible because of phenomenal leaps in internet and mobile device technologies.

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the companies, using new but still well-established technologies, are simply focusing on existing industries, simplifying them, and creating a faster, better, stronger, convenient and, more often than not, cheaper process.

accounting’s fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years. and this very fact makes accounting indeed a perfect candidate for uberization. albeit, with some caveats. in fact, the stealth-uberization of accounting is already happening in at least four ways: read more →

ready or not, here comes windows 10

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computer keyboard with “ctr-alt-delete” commands pictured on 3 shot glassesare you ready for the windows 7 to 8.1 transition? does 10 make you queasy?

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

okay, we all know that the windows operating system is preferred to run computers by the primary vendors to the accounting profession. all decisions about operating systems have to be done carefully because they impact software and hardware decisions for at least thee to five years.

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