technology

the new norm: 63% of firms now use three or more monitors per desk.

by roman h. kepczyk
quantum of paperless

the best place to start a conversation on computer hardware is with monitors – the easiest place to see an immediate return on your it investment.

your computer monitors are your windows into all digitally stored information and are the foundation for improving every aspect of firm production. transitioning tax production processes from physical to digital requires that all input screens and source documents be simultaneously viewable in a convenient format, which today means more screens per workstation.

• 90% of accounting firms utilized dual monitors for the 2009 busy season. today, 63% use more than two traditional monitors. – aaa 2013 paperless benchmarking survey read more →

new tech breakthroughs fuel client expectations.

by hitendra patil
pransform

addressing the question “why would amazon want to sell a mobile phone?,” the harvard business review says the basic principle behind any disruptive innovation is that the fundamental things people try to do in their lives actually change relatively slowly.

the accounting profession has been witnessing a hammer and tongs message about disruptive technologies in the form of cloud-ifying practice management. accounting and tax software long ago debuted on tablets and cell phones. and just when we start to think that nothing really new is coming into the technology market, we start getting hints toward the future.

here are three things that the amazon fire phone can potentially tell the accounting profession and technology vendors: read more →

why you can’t afford to wait for the next big thing.

by frank stitely, cpa, cva

technology pundits love to pontificate in absolutes. “you have an absolute duty to protect your clients’ data.”

so they advise taking a pass on new technology, such as mobile devices and the cloud, as being too risky. their recommendation is to wait until tech security stabilizes, which is the same as their recommendation last year, which was the same as their…  you get the picture.

faced with new technology, as cpas, we must fear it. or so we are told. but the pundits misunderstand the risk of the status quo.  read more →