collaboration should tie in messaging

woman having video chat with mankeep an eye on teams and yammer.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

firms should strive to capture all data in a digital format at its “root” source. this goes for services such as the firm’s fax and voice mail systems as well.

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traditional inbound faxes are usually printed from a fax machine and then hand delivered to the recipient’s desk. in some cases, this fax image is actually rescanned and emailed to the recipient.
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need internet? grab your phone

illustration of network with city backgroundyou have a couple of options.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

one of the revolutions in remote connectivity is happening within your cell phone as digital cellular providers have beefed up and expanded their networks to provide reliable internet access to remote devices.

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today, the vast majority of the united states and canada has access to the internet through the 4g digital cellular network at speeds of 1mpbs or more, which is adequate for remote access to most applications, particularly those hosted by cloud providers.
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the new risks in cloud efficiencies

illustration of bandwidth useyou need a whole new set of backup and recovery strategies.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

the internet has undoubtedly had a profound impact on firm communications.

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it has become the primary driver toward the next generation of accounting applications that run entirely on the web through “cloud” computing.

we have two main recommendations to avoid disruptions, or worse, a major disaster.

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plan right for remote access

woman sitting outside with laptop and smartphonedon’t forget about security.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

one of the key components in optimizing firm production is providing the capability for firm personnel to work from any place, at any time, at their own convenience.

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allowing experienced firm personnel the ability to work remotely is also one of today’s key employee retention strategies.

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the best defense against malware

"update" key on computer keyboardmanage your software updates proactively.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

every firm has concerns about their systems being hacked, getting attacked by a virus or malware, or being the victim of ransomware that encrypts all the firm’s data. the latest cpafma survey finds an increase in firms impacted by ransomware.

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the vast majority of these virus and malware issues can be effectively negated with one simple process: keep your software updated on your servers and individual workstations.
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be careful with microsoft office upgrades

consider more training on productivity applications.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

to be effective in business today, every member of your firm must optimally utilize the microsoft office suite at an intermediate to advanced level for outlook, excel and word.

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the cpafma 2018 it survey found that 45 percent of responding firms had standardized on office 2016 (including office365 users), 31 percent had standardized on office 2013 and 23 percent on office 2010. firms have traditionally been behind the adoption curve because of the lag time of accounting vendors supporting the latest version, particularly for audit engagement binders.
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jumping to windows 10

words "time for an update" on clock faceand new processors, drives, and ram you need.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

okay, we all know that the microsoft windows operating system is preferred to run computers by the primary vendors to the accounting profession.

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while firms don’t place too much emphasis on the workstation operating system, one significant issue that firms can’t overlook is increasing computer memory to ensure computers function optimally with today’s multimonitor requirements and the multitude of concurrent applications your staff will be running, which can impact your windows version decision.
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