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Building an Infrastructure for Collaboration
September 2007
Social networking sites are all over the news, both for their number of users and the potential for revenue that seems to sprout out of sites like MySpace and Facebook. MySpace just broke 200 million users, and Facebook is quickly becoming the place to be for business, eclipsing such grounded places as LinkedIn and Plaxo.
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Internal IT Organization
August 2007
In this presentation, Fred Delacruz (Director, IT Infrastructure of J.H. Cohn LLP) describes the process followed by his firm when recently reorganizing its IT department. This presentation was delivered at a meeting of Boomer Technology Circle #4 members on June 19, 2007.
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iPhone- Cool toy or IT menace?
August 2007
The new Apple iPhone has been one of the hot IT topics since the video of it’s innovative interface first hit the front of Apple’s web site. I’ve only physically held one once because, yes, you guessed it, Gary Boomer bought an iPhone.
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Is Open Source Right for Your Firm?
June 2007
What is Open Source? Open Source is software provided by individuals or corporations under a license that allows consumers using that software to see how it works, make changes, and even, if desirable, to redistribute those changes under a similar license.
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Microsoft Actually Innovated in Office 2007
April 2007
As a member of our IT staff with responsibility for training, I’ve been tasked with looking ahead at Office 2007. I tried the beta and liked some of what I saw, but recently I actually installed it and have been using it in place of Office 2003. What I saw before I liked. Now that I’m using it, I’ve realized that Microsoft actually did something in Office that I don’t think they’ve really done in a long time, innovate.
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The Online Backup Solution
March 2007
A routine yet essential part of any firm’s IT requirements is the regular backup of data for recovery purposes. In fact, this process is so routine and so essential that it is part of the “plumbing” of any IT shop: you just expect it to work!
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Remote Access as a Retainment Strategy
February 2007
When Misty O’Brien, Tax Manager for Taketa Iwata Hara in Hilo, Hawaii, decided to follow her new husband to South Carolina, it was a “non-event” according to firm partner Janet Hara. Instead of losing an extremely important employee, Taketa Iwata Hara supplied Misty with a cell phone from Hawaii and a work contract that allowed her to maintain her position within the firm while working from her new home in South Carolina.
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Vista is Cool - But Don't Upgrade Yet
February 2007
I’ve been toying with Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 a bit on my machine. I have to say that some of what Microsoft has done is very nice. Vista is a little different, but more of an evolution than a major change.
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Good Times in Forensic Accounting
February 2007
Forensic accounting is not only the fastest growing segment of the accounting industry, it is also happens to be fun. At least that’s how Robert Moody, a shareholder who heads the Forensic Technology Practice at Berenfeld, Spritzer, Shechter & Sheer, describes his job.
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Preparing for a Paperless Tax Season
December 2006
As tax season approaches many firms are still discussing “paperless” strategies to streamline their workflows and take advantage of new advances in digital storage and process improvement. If your firm is one of these, perhaps a systematic approach might be helpful.