Technology
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QB Premier or Accountant on Terminal Server
I would like to hear from you if you have had any experience with have QB Premier or Accountant version on a terminal server. I talked to QB this morning, they said they only support Enterprise on a terminal server. I would appreciate any advice.
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What HRIS Elements Should Finance Be Looking For?
We are considering an HRIS system for a small company. What HRIS elements should the finance group be looking for in a system? Any recommendations for a small company with limited budget for a system? Thank you for your insights.
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Sage50 2014 Support Issues?
In past years, I had good experience with Peachtree Software and have just recently purchased Sage50 to set up a new company. I have been experiencing disjointed software and technical support and links that don't work, etc. Quite frustrating. Is anyone else having navigation & technical suppor…
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What Time Tracking and Marketing Project Mgmt Web-Based Product do you recommend for a growing company?
We have a system, but it is quite cumbersome and really does not export to our accounting software very well. The new software/webware could have its own accounting module that could ultimately replace our Quick Books. Website searches reveal many time tracking programs, but not so much for marketi…
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Employee Payroll Deductions
Curious how companies that have multiple locations handle getting the written authorizations required for payroll deductions? We were advised by an Attorney that sending an email to the employee at least 7 days before the pay date including the amount and reason for deduction would suffice the law.…
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Tax Software for Small Business
Hello, I am looking for suggestions on tax software for small businesses. Specicially, i will be assisting a friend with the tax return for her bar/ restaurant. The business is set up as an LLC taxed as a partnership with 2 partners - so i will need need the software to be able to generate K-1s. …
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Suitable Cloud/SaaS solution for small consultancy
Dear Proformative Friends and Neighbors, I'm helping a small 25 person engineering consultancy, with people in the US, EU/Russia, India and a few elsewhere. We are also evolving into having minor equity positions in several JV projects, and we plan to growth globally to about 40-50 people in the ne…
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OpenERP vs. NetSuite
Hello Everyone, My company is roughly 20M doing wholesale distribution and have been looking to move to either NetSuite or OpenERP. I have seen Netsuite in action at actual businesses but am having difficulty getting anyone in the US that is using OpenERP that is our size. Does anyone have any sugg…
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Categories Or Types Of Business Intelligence
I hear so much about Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. What are the major categories and where is BI most valuable?
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Software For Consultants?
I am in search of software for consultants to generate statements of work, track billable & non-billable consulting time, track resource capacity & utilization, and facilitate client invoicing.
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Cloud vs On Premise - What Are The Risk Management Trade-offs?
How would you describe the risk management trade-offs between cloud vs on premise software? This question was asked during the Proformative webinar "The Evolving Role of Finance Leaders: Technology Strategists." A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proformative.com/resources/webi…
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What are the cloud computing cost savings exactly?
Re alleged cloud computing cost savings, in the cloud someone has to pay for the servers, IT, etc. so how do you expect companies to really believe it will cost them less when someone still has to buy and manage all that infrastructure? Further, how can that work for big companies where the cloud c…
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Document Retention Policy for Scanned Materials
I have the lists identifying how long material should be kept when in paper form. My company is pushing its way to an all electronic environment and the CEO wants to take the next step and scan signed contracts and then shred the originals. Does anyone know if this would ever pose a problem, and d…
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Cloud Computing Pros and Cons, Benefits and Pitfalls
I see that Proformative is offering a seminar on cloud computing later in March, but I will not be able to attend so I am hoping to elicit some insights directly from the Proformative community regarding cloud computing We are considering upgrading our technology and I was wondering who here has…
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Is business performance management software the same as business execution software? What are the differences?
Is business performance management software the same as business execution software? What are the differences?
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How do you get the most value from computer software consultants?
We hire IT consultants and then watch the project scope explode and resulting costs arc out of sight like flaming slow motion Hollywood movie debris. Miraculously, the benefit actually realized descends spectacularly like a meteor cratering in Russia. We can only identify this for sure after the to…
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Cloud Computing and Government Finance
In a Dec 2013 article entitled Grabbing the Silver Lining, found in the Government Finance Offices Association Magazine, Rob Roque writes: "Despite the many benefits cloud solutions offer, the public sector has been cautious about adopting it – and will remain so until changes occur in technology d…
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Looking for Web-Based Fixed Asset management system recommendations
I can use your help and wisdom. We are currently running our Fixed Assets out of a very old and practically non-functional Peachtree application. Our fixed assets are minimal … computer equipment and furniture predominantly … and we are not a capital intensive organization. We’re looking for a si…
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SaaS SLA terms and conditions
I am reviewing standard SLA's from a few vendors regarding their SaaS solutions and am finding they are light, often vague on obligations of vendor, or miss key issues. While this may work for a small business, it's not enough for an enterprise with risk management, compliance and other factors to…
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ERP Vendors - Who would you include?
I'm compiling a list of top cloud ERP vendors. Who would you include and why?
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The Washington Post reports Intel will eliminated 5,000 jobs are PC's in trouble?
"The reductions instead will be achieved through attrition, buyouts and early retirement offers.", says the Post. "Intel’s financial performance is faltering because the company didn’t adapt quickly enough as the growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers undercut sales of PCs running o…
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ZenPayroll
I have only seen someone ask about ZenPayroll on here once, and it was a specific question to compare it against ADP. I wanted to refresh the question and get a broader response. Does anyone have experience with the new(ish) payroll company ZenPayroll? If so, how many employees do you have? Anythin…
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QuickBooks OnLine - Exporting
I have a client who is currently using (not for long though) QB OnLine. Has anyone found a way to get the data out of QB, such as Vendors, Customers, Employees, etc.? Thanks
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