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to Help You Communicate With Clients and Peers
e-Accounting has developed a series of useful and
informational fact sheets to help you educate
clients and peers about the benefits of working in a
managed IT environment. From online accounting
solutions to Virtual Desktops, we have documents
that you can use when discussing the different
technologies.
See our different fact sheets
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The Midwest's Premier Event for Finance and
Business Professionals
Visit e-Accounting at the Business &
Technology Solutions Show on August 19 & 20, 2008 at
the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in
Rosemont, IL.
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e-Accounting is an Awesome
QuickBooks Add-On
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Annual BillQuick User Conference:
Keys to
Success
June 26-27
Tuscany Suites & Casino
e-Accounting provides hosting services for
BillQuick software, including WebSuite and
BillQuick Mobile!
Contact Sales today for more information.
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CPAASP Webinar
InsynQ is a Gold Exhibitor at the
2008 Accounting Software Consulting
Conference.
Now attendees, clients and all Sleeter.com
website visitors do not have to wait until
the conference to learn about our solutions.
Watch the live
webinar
and ask the presenter your questions, or
view the recorded webinar.
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When is there ever "enough"
security?
As someone who spends a considerable amount
of time thinking about IT Security, I am
tempted to give this question a flip answer.
Though the question asked often, there
really isn't a
 very
good answer. Enough, of course, would be the
amount of hardware, software, policy and
training that prevents 100% of data loss or
exposure. In truth, the only way to obtain
that lofty and worthy goal would be to never
share data, in any form. But unused and
unavailable data is useless, so right from
the beginning we have to find a compromise
between the elements of what Security geeks
call the CIA triad. No sunglasses and
silencers here; the CIA in this case stands
for Confidentiality, Integrity, and
Availability. Your data needs to be
confidential, with only those who need to
know having access ---this is why we have
passwords and firewalls, to keep unwanted
eyes from scanning our files. You also need
to be certain that your data maintains its
integrity, that no unwanted changes,
additions, or deletions occur, another
reason for passwords, encryption and
identity management. But as I said before,
unavailable data is useless, so an equal
part of the formula is that your data is
available to those who need it.
The dilemma is this: the tighter we choke
down the Confidentiality and Integrity
portions, the less Availability we have to
our data. Eventually, in pursuit of absolute
security, we degrade the user experience to
the point that instead of being an ally in
our war against the Black hats, our own
users begin to look for shortcuts and
bypasses simply to be able to continue with
their work. Coupled with the often-quoted
statistic that 85% of all data breaches are
based on human error, and we have a pretty
scary set of choices.
So how much is enough? Enough so that you
are more inconvenient for the badguys than
your neighbors in cyberspace, but not so
locked down that your users' productivity
and morale dwells somewhere in the basement
latitudes. You don't have to be faster than
the lion, you just have to be faster than
the other zebra.
As always, an easy way to find that balance
is through hosted services. InsynQ has a
usable but tightly secured system, with
great attention paid to keeping your data
confidential, intact and ready to use.
Michael Ehart
CISSP, MCSA, Certified HIPAA Security
Specialist, CHA, CHP, A+, Net+, Security+
Systems Engineer
InsynQ Inc.,
Your
Internet Utility Company.tm
Visit Michael's blog:
ComplyWithMe
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Come on out of your
office.
It's groovy out
here.
The Groove Computing Virtual Office gives
you the service your business needs to
handle multiple locations or a remote
workforce, keeping everyone operating
in-sync. Groove Computing offers the best
in hosting services for Microsoft Office
2007, Office Accounting, Dynamics and much
more.
Visit us today at
www.groovecomputing.com
GrooveComputing is another
innovative application service from InsynQ
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Practice Gets In Sync With Client Data
Another way to communicate the benefits of
your technology model is through case
studies. Show your clients and peers what
the benefits are with a personalized case
study. You can also use case studies done on
other companies like Dewar, Meeks and Ekrem
PC.
The Following quote is from their case
study. "With InsynQ, DME has flat lined IT
costs and gained access to state-of-the-art
servers and network software. Their
qualified staff is responsive to our needs
and those of our clients. We now concentrate
on our core services of tax preperation,
financial accounting, and business
consulting, and thus are more productive."
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You Can Be The Bunny, too
The Accounting Software Consulting
Conference is a 3-day event plus a one day
(optional) Pre-Conference "In-Depth
Technical Sessions" day. The conference will
empower accountants, consultants, and power
users with the knowledge and essential tools
necessary to be successful in the accounting
software consulting market.
InsynQ e-Accounting (www.CpaAsp.com) has
been a proud sponsor of this event for
several years. Visit our booth at the
conference and see for yourself how our
online solutions can help you work closer
with clients, reduce the headaches of
technology management, and get more out of
each and every client engagement.
e-Accounting's philosophy is to work
smarter, not harder.
So come to Arizona in November, and see how
easy it can be to put on your comfy
slippers, kick your feet up, and work when
and where it's right for you.
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Improving QuickBooks Internal Control
With Passwords
As QuickBooks has become more
widely used as a bookkeeping tool by small
business owners, the concerns and issues
raised by accounting professionals deserve
some attention. Based on the experience of
this author, the most common concern relates
to the audit trail: the ability to change
entries after they have been recorded. This
issue is compounded for the accountant
because there are no formal month (or
year-end) closing procedures that must be
followed. This is a double edged sword
because it means that the data can be
quickly and easily corrected when mistakes
happen, but it can also be easily changed
after the books have been reconciled,
financial statements issued, and/or the tax
returns have been filed. The password
protection feature and related closing date
password helps to reduce the likelihood of
such problems when used consistently. In
addition, QuickBooks Premier and QuickBooks
Enterprise Solutions products have several
reports to assist in finding such changes.
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