Over the years, knowing whether you have access to the Power Pivot feature in Excel has been challenging at times to say the least. First introduced as an add-in for…
Year: 2019
Five Technologies We Gained From The Space Race
With all the headlines surrounding the 50th anniversary of “man on the moon,” I’ve been intrigued by some of the technologies that were associated with the Space Race and how…
Snap a Picture to Import Data into Excel
Last fall, Microsoft announced forthcoming capabilities to take a picture of a data set using your Android-based or iOS-based device and import that data in Excel. That feature has now…
Seven Mistakes to Avoid When Purchasing Accounting Software
The following post was written by Valerie Silvani, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Gravity Software. Valerie was kind enough to allow us to share it with our readers.…
Major Changes Now Available In Power BI
Microsoft’s June 2019 update to Power BI was a significant one in many regards. Not only did Microsoft radically overhaul the user interface, they added many new usability and performance…
Do We Overuse Excel?
“Do accounting and financial professionals overuse Excel?” It’s a fair question and one that should be considered. The presence of the ubiquitous spreadsheet cannot go unnoticed in virtually all organizations.…
Ransomware Remains an On-Going Threat
According to the Department of Homeland Security, ransomware is the fastest-growing malware threat in the United States. Perhaps there is no better evidence of this assertion than the fact that…
Multi-Factor Authentication – A Necessity in Today’s World
From the perspective of data security, today’s world is an extremely dangerous one. It is hard to go a single day without hearing about yet another data breach, a phishing…
Five Tips For Improving Personal Privacy
Personal privacy is a “hot” topic in many circles today. Many individuals are becoming increasingly outraged when they learn how much information has been collected about them and how it…
How To Avoid Being A Victim Of Social Engineering
One of the key emerging threats of the digital age is social engineering, which is tricking someone into parting with personal information or into taking some kind of action through…