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…
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Tommy is one of the shareholders in K2 Enterprises (www.k2e.com), affiliating with the Firm in 2003 and joining as a shareholder in 2007. At K2, Tommy focuses on creating and delivering content and is responsible for many of the Firm's management and marketing functions. You may reach him at tommy@k2e.com.
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…
The Top Five New Features In Excel 2019
Now that Excel 2019 has been available for approximately six months, many companies have begun the process of upgrading their team members to the new version of Microsoft’s market-leading spreadsheet…
QuickBooks Online Accountant Trial Balance Feature Discontinued
Intuit announced today that the Trial Balance feature available in QuickBooks Online Accountant is being discontinued effective May 31, 2019. Earlier this year, Intuit introduced the Prep for taxes feature…
Office 365 Updates Continue to Provide Improvements
Microsoft continues to roll-out updates and enhancements to Office 365 users. In fact, through April 2019, twenty-six new feature updates have been added to Office 365 applications. This means that…
Should You Use a Personal VPN?
In an era in which many technology users worry about data security and personal privacy, questions abound about how we can establish secure connections to the Internet. When working from…