Surveys & Reports

Survey: The Managed Cloud Providers Solution – Oddly, In-House Server Pros Know Little About ‘IT’

According to a new poll from Spiceworks, a lion share of IT professionals overlook managed cloud providers  Click for poll results The new survey indicates that the majority of in-house IT professionals still know little about this newer approach to managed hosted services like data storage. The survey indicated that nearly 80% of IT pros administer their infrastructure…

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Cloud-Based Tax Practice Guide – – Leveraging Digital Tax Document Automation

Cloud-based tax preparation document automation solutions allow practices to move into entirely cloud-based tax practice modalities Tax preparation has evolved considerably from the old era of service bureaus, couriers and paper forms. Computer-based tax applications permitted tax returns to be prepared entirely in-house. And now, thanks to advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR), source documents like W-2s, K1s,…

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New Infographic: SMB Cloud Computing Benefits

Adopting new technologies can be a challenge for many SMBs  – this is where SMB cloud computing benefits can really shine Click for infographic Smart business owners and managers will ensure that their SMB cloud migration will be relatively easy to integrate into the workplace and that it is a value-added alternative to previous ways of…

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New Report from Deloitte – – The Cloud-Based Accounting Revolution

The coming year will be a defining time for businesses adopting digital technology – SMBs, failing to leap, risk missing out on the cloud-based accounting revolution In a recent report from Deloitte, Harnessing The ‘Bang’, Stories From The Digital Frontline, Deloitte updated its assessment of the effect of digital disruption, underscoring that the speed of change is…

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The Future of Work From A Cloud Computing Perspective

“Without a doubt, the cloud has impacted the future of work, making our business lives easier, encompassing everything from virtually unlimited email storage to access-from-anywhere enterprise resource planning.” * *Source: Jon Roskill / CloudTweaks Click for report It’s not surprising that the 2014 cloud computing research IDG survey revealed that over 80 percent of firms polled run at…

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SME Cloud Computing – The Silver Lining

Many businesses live and breathe the digital revolution …  …. and intelligent smaller companies that use web-based tools manage their core business optimally: to reduce costs, reach clients and suppliers, innovate and gain greater control. Many more, however, are lagging behind, according to a new discussion paper from Australia’s Grattan Institute. Although the report focused on Australian…

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Sage Second Annual 2014 Mobile Survey: Mobile Business Budgeting Presently Not Adequate

Mobile business budgeting: Surprisingly, fewer business owners and managers are equipping their people with mobile devices this year over last, according to a 2nd yearly poll from Sage, with barely half of those firms responding (54.5%) providing their staff with smart devices, down from nearly 70% in 2013. Click to read Mobile business budgeting survey responders…

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IDG Cloud Computing Research 2014 Infographic

IDG Enterprise’s year-end  Cloud Computing Research 2014 was consummated with the intent of measuring cloud computing trends among business and IT decision-makers including usage and plans across different cloud service platforms and deployment models, investments, business drivers and impact on business strategy and plans. Key cloud computing research findings include: A majority of companies are…

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Sleeter Group Cloud9 Review – A One Year Assessment

In recent years Sleeter Group’s Doug Sleeter has written often about how small business owners who are “addicted” to desktop version software should get their mission-critical desktop software hosted in the cloud. “At The Sleeter Group, we moved our whole back office (QuickBooks and all of our add-ons) to Cloud9 Real Time in January 2013. It was…

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New Accounting Technology Report – What Do SMBs Really Want From Their CPAs?

A new accounting technology report, What SMBs Want (from Their CPA), was compiled by The Sleeter Group in its ongoing endeavor to provide guidance in technology leadership for financial practices and SMBs in general. “Small business owners are challenged with continually changing competition and are seeking ways to get ahead and stay ahead, and they expect…

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