protected: live survey results: tech trends 2011
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tech and fintech
david bergstein: tech predictions for 2011
what tools and applications will you implement? by david bergstein, cpa.citp director, strategic relationships, cch, wolters kluwer tax & accounting via the intelligent solutions blog at wolters kluwer it is the end of the year and every thought leader is … continued
strategy execution: “hope is not a strategy” [video]
what you need to know to get things done. gary boomer of boomer consulting explains in this extended, 7-minute interview how good plans can go awry in today’s accounting firm. boomer’s talking points: most partners like to hold others accountable, … continued
the big accounting software packages you need to know to get hired today
quickbooks, oracle and sap dominate the want ads.
after tabulating about 500 job listings for accountants, new research shows that quickbooks skills are most in demand today, followed by oracle and sap.
not listed here, of course, is excel, which is a prerequisite for nearly all open accounting jobs today, according to softwareadvice.com/accounting.
in the charts below, the big pie chart in the middle ranks the overall most-popular software packages:
- intuit: 27%
- oracle: 19%
- sap: 13%
- microsoft: 8%
- sage: 8%
- adp: 3%
- lawson: 2%
happy 25th birthday to microsoft windows
will it get another 25? it was 25 years ago this week that microsoft released windows 1.0. microsoft chairman bill gates said at the time that windows 1.0, which carried a suggested retail price of $99 in 1985, was “unique … continued