Sorry for the long delay between blog posts…..one of my fur covered kids lost his battle with cancer at the beginning of June, and it sent me into a bit of a tailspin. I’m trying to get back into my normal days again, I just haven’t found my new definition of normal 🙂 This last […]
Read More... Businesses of all kinds are storing content and data and accessing software applications via the global network of computer servers known as the cloud. IT analyst Gartner recently predicted that the total value of cloud-based systems would reach $210 billion a year by 2016. But just how safe is it to post your financial data […]
Read More... While I was at the QuickBooks Connect Conference, I had the opportunity to meet and hear many of the global executives at Intuit. I also had the privilege to sit down with Jeff Cates, the President of Intuit Canada, for a one on one interview about the conference itself, and the incredible Intuit Ecosystem which […]
Read More... Recently I attended the QuickBooks Connect Conference in San Jose, California. As you might expect there were a variety of speakers, presentations, workshops, and other interesting events, but if there is one message that rang loud and clear, this is it … Cloud computing generally, and cloud accounting software specifically, is THE future. Before I […]
Read More... San Jose, California is beautiful in October, and I had the privilege of attending the 1st ever Intuit Global Conference there called QuickBooks Connect. I didn’t know what to expect, but the easiest way to describe the conference would be – If Google held a conference for Accountants and Small Business Owners, this is what […]
Read More... In part 1, we talked a little about how you can prevent bookkeeping fraud. Here are some other tips to keep a watchful eye on this critical part of your business.
Read More... If you read the news, online or offline, you’ve undoubtedly seen numerous stories about bookkeeping and accounting fraud. And unfortunately, they seem to be appearing with great regularity. If you’re not careful it can affect your business too. In this two-part series I offer some advice on steps you can take to help prevent fraud […]
Read More... My previous post began the conversation of why you needed a data backup strategy. If you need any further convincing here’s an interesting stat from the Boston Consulting Network website: 60% of companies that lose their data will shut down within 6 months of the disaster. Look here for more data backup statistics … and […]
Read More... Essentially data backups have two main purposes. The main purpose is to recover data lost either by data deletion or corruption. The second purpose is to recover data from an earlier time for some expressed reason or policy you have in place. The first, data loss, can be especially devastating if it’s your customer database […]
Read More... Any business owner that is running QuickBooks 2008 or earlier, an important message from Intuit Canada. AS OF MAY 31, 2011 live technical support and business services will be discontinued for QuickBooks 2008 Support Throughout March and April, we’ll be contacting QuickBooks 2008 customers to prepare them for this change. Why We Discontinue Support for [...]
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