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…
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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…
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…