tech and fintech

make virus protection a no-brainer

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faceless hooded anonymous computer hacker with programming code from monitorautomation is your friend.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

every firm has concerns about their systems being hacked or getting attacked by a virus or malware. but the vast majority of issues can be effectively negated with one simple process: keep your software updated. i’ll explain how the best firms do it.

more on tech spending: 3 steps to truly reliable backup | moving to the cloud? do these 6 things first | 4 steps to save on hardware spending | in a pinch, use your phone as a scanner | do you have 3 computer monitors? why not? | standardize quickbooks support for clients | how to choose the right client portal solution | streamlining bill-paying at cpa firms | automating bank deposits offers instant roi

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3 steps to truly reliable backup

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cloud istock_000038172310smallif you still have a tape drive, you won’t for long.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

your firm’s safety net in the event of any disaster is your data backup. it better be consistently performed and securely stored offsite.

typically, firms have a problem when their old backup systems fail or the tapes don’t complete because there’s too much data to fit. this is becoming a common problem as more data and more applications add significantly more volume, making the backup application require more storage and a longer running time to complete.

more on tech spending: moving to the cloud? do these 6 things first | 4 steps to save on hardware spending | in a pinch, use your phone as a scanner | do you have 3 computer monitors? why not? | standardize quickbooks support for clients | how to choose the right client portal solution | streamlining bill-paying at cpa firms

making it matter to accountants

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4 added values, plus questions you both should be asking.

by donny c. shimamoto, cpa.citp
intraprisetechknowlogies

back in the olden days of 2003, business philosopher nicholas carr published an earthshaking article in harvard business review under the title of “it doesn’t matter.” he said that it had essentially become a commodity, something that every organization had, something that had become so relatively inexpensive that all organizations were – with regard to it – equal.

related: it nerds need budget help | 8 ways to wrestle software subscriptions into submission | it hardware gets even more complex (great!) | how accounting geeks and techie nerds can play nicely together

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moving to the cloud? do these 6 things first

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pile out of outdated computer equipmenthow to know when to scrap your old server.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

in almost every firm, the core computers used for all applications are internal file servers. down time for a day or two is a disaster. if that out-of-service stoppage stretches to a week or more, your partner income will suffer measurably.

more on tech spending: 4 steps to save on hardware spending | in a pinch, use your phone as a scanner | do you have 3 computer monitors? why not? | standardize quickbooks support for clients | how to choose the right client portal solution | streamlining bill-paying at cpa firms | automating bank deposits offers instant roi | how to ‘go digital’ when partners demand monthly p&ls on paper | the 3 reasons firms are migrating to digital timesheets | digital tools streamline audit production | tech tools for today’s properly equipped field audit teams

simply put, mission-critical servers utilized for tax, audit, time and billing, and email have, at most, an effective five-year life.

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it nerds need budget help

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donny c shimamoto, cpa citp intraprisetechknowlogies
shimamoto

accountants must define categories of expenditures.

by donny c. shimamoto, cpa.citp
intraprisetechknowlogies

if you think the brainiacs in the it department are going to tell you how to divvy up their budget into capital and operating expenditures, you’re in for a surprise, and not necessarily a good one. it people are smart, but they aren’t accounting smart, which, as we all know, is a very special kind of smart.

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