Cloudnine Realtime
With our third and biggest annual Cloud Summit behind us, we will be recapping the benefits proffered by the Summit’s showcase vendors, beginning with an overview and white paper from SurePrep, a cloud technology that garnered a lot of excitement among attendees for its paperless tax preparation platfor.. Integrating traditional paper-based processes with paperless tax preparation technology…
read moreWhile no longer in its infancy, the era of cloud computing services is relatively new and must circumnavigate a number of challenges that could impede further growth. “The best way a company can protect itself is to team up with reputable providers and to avoid unintentionally compromising data security by rushing to escape limitations caused…
read moreHosted QuickBooks for the Modern World of Business 21st century technology is altering the way businesses and their CPAs do accounting. The agencies that stay on the cutting edge of this trend will benefit from improved efficiency, reduced IT costs and greater flexibility. However, embracing this technology also can mean considering new business models. Hosted QuickBooks is…
read moreCloud Accounting and Storage: The Twenty First Century Way to Account for YOUR Business* When a small business buys an accounting or tax preparation application, like Intuit, Drake or Sage, typically its installed on one or two computers and stored within a local network where individuals access the integral business and financial information. However, if…
read moreAs a SmartVault accounting professional, you understand the value cloud services can bring to your practice – – helping you boost efficiency and drive more profitability into your business. But how do you take the next step in making it happen for your firm? Simple, SmartVault accounting. See also – Cloud9 Featured Partner: SmartVault Look across…
read moreThe ideas of cloud computing and cloud accounting are simple. The accounting and other office applications are on the Internet, which CPA practices do not need to purchase, load, or maintain. There isn’t anyneed to hire technicians because these firms only need a broadband Web connection and a browser. Gone are the network switches, operating…
read moreThe Benefits of Cloud Computing to Finance and Accounting What exactly is the ‘Cloud?’ Many people now use the term “cloud computing” to describe many varied technologies and services. Cloud computing is not new per’se. What that simply means is that software applications are delivered using Web infrastructure where the client side is a web…
read moreSo you’ve heard – small business cloud computing and business applications hosting is hot going into the second decade of the 21st century. Yet, many are not clear as to what it is and what real value it brings, as well as how strong the security and storage capacity is among business application hosting and…
read moreIn 1900, Mercedes Benz forecasted that the total demand for cars worldwide would never exceed 500,000. Why? – because there were “not enough chauffeurs” available. That same year a panel of British experts concluded that “The telephone may be appropriate for our American cousins, but not here, because we have a sufficient number of messenger…
read moreAs “Cloud-based” systems for software applications and programs are becoming mainstream… …financial accounting programs like QuickBooks are rapidly embracing this shift thanks to specialized third-party office and accounting-hosting providers (like Cloud9 Real Time) . According to John McMahon, a developer of spreadsheet tools, typically these are Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a…
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