Firm Management

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July 26, 2016 

How Inadequate Technology Is Risky Business for Accounting Firms

As one of the highest performing, under-pressure sectors, the professional services industry increasingly faces a number of unique challenges. Threatened by commoditization, increased global competition and even automation, the ability to maximize ...

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July 26, 2016 

Sage and Microsoft Partner to Empower Accounting Professionals

As part of the extended relationship, Sage will integrate Sage 50 with Microsoft Office 365. The new solution also allows customers and the joint ecosystem to grow, extend and innovate on top of the combined solution. Sage has also become an Office ...

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July 26, 2016 

The War On IT: Ransomware and How Accounting Firms Are At Risk

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files, blocks access to computer systems then requires an anonymous payment, and has the ability to make a dramatic and devastating impact on your business. A recent report released by the FBI ...

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July 25, 2016 

How the ‘Reality Distortion Field’ Affects Accounting Firms

There are two sides of the reality distortion field. The positive is that it demonstrates how someone can bend reality in such a way that a difficult or impossible task is made to appear possible. The dark side is that people with this trait are so ...

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July 21, 2016 

Does Your Firm Have Technical Debt?

Technical debt is now a common term in the software development industry. Companies spend money assessing, controlling and “paying down” their technical debt in order to keep their products agile enough to compete in an environment where slow to market or

Jim Boomer