Technology
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No question that business cannot afford gaps in security, BUT, if Chrysler cannot prevent Jeep from being hacked, Twitter was hacked and Facebook was hacked, let's face it, nothing is hack proof. Wha
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "What's Stopping CFOs from Moving Accounting To The Cloud" held on February 20, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here https://www.proformative.com/resources/w…
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What is the cost difference of Private Cloud vs. Public Cloud? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "What's Stopping CFOs from Moving Accounting To The Cloud" held on February 20, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here https://www.proformative.com/resources/w…
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What IT jobs would be reduced or eliminated in an organization moving to mostly cloud if any? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "What's Stopping CFOs from Moving Accounting To The Cloud" held on February 20, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here https://www.proformative.com/resources/w…
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If you are in a private cloud, don't you have the same software upgrade cycle process as on-premise solutions? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "What's Stopping CFOs from Moving Accounting To The Cloud" held on February 20, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here https://www.proformative.com/resources/w…
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How can you be sure the cloud provider is doing all it can to keep your data secure? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "What's Stopping CFOs from Moving Accounting To The Cloud" held on February 20, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here https://www.proformative.com/resources/w…
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What control do you have over the cloud provider as to timing of upgrades? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "What's Stopping CFOs from Moving Accounting To The Cloud" held on February 20, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here https://www.proformative.com/resources/w…
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What would be the cost range for a cloud-based solution for a $100 million specialty contractor? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Webinar Video: Best Practices for Evaluating and Selecting Accounting Software" held on February 13, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proform…
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Do you recommend against changing underlying code of cloud apps due to possible upgrading issues down the road? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Webinar Video: Best Practices for Evaluating and Selecting Accounting Software" held on February 13, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proform…
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Do you know of any instances where internally developed software runs in the cloud alongside "packaged" cloud apps? If so, how does IT interact with the software to make patches, enhancements, etc? (
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Webinar Video: Best Practices for Evaluating and Selecting Accounting Software" held on February 13, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proform…
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What is your experience with migrating historical data to new system, especially if changeover is done other than at year end? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Webinar Video: Best Practices for Evaluating and Selecting Accounting Software" held on February 13, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proform…
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Should cloud apps always be kept as vanilla as possible, or should you customize freely? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Webinar Video: Best Practices for Evaluating and Selecting Accounting Software" held on February 13, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proform…
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Regarding backup, how secure are the servers that are used to backup the systems in the cloud? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar “Webinar Video: Best Practices for Evaluating and Selecting Accounting Software" held on February 13, 2013. Please join the discussion and add your insights below. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proform…
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Copyright notice on software agreements?
Can anyone supply a suggested wording to be used on software agreements and packaging to assert copyright protection?
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Should we upgrade from C5 to Microsoft Nav 2012?
My company (Europe Based - multi sites - sales and rental) is running Microsoft C5 version 4.00.2 unsupported version. With the rapid growth we have reached the available number of users. Meaning hat often people can't get into the system. Should we upgrade to Nav or look into another system. All p…
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Professional Services Automation vs ERP Implementation Comparison (Webinar Attendee Question)
Is implementing PSA (Professional Services Automation) technology similar in length, complexity, and cost to an ERP implementation? This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "Revenue, Risk, Repeatability: What CFOs Need to Know about Revenue - Generating Projects" hel…
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Suggestions for Manufacturing Accounting Systems
Looking for any suggestions for manufacturing accounting systems. Need to be able to job cost, purchase orders, gl, inventory, etc. Also, any "do not" systems. Please any advice is appreciated.
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Recommended 1099-MISC and 1099-DIV cloud solutions
I'm looking for a cloud solution for 1099-MISC and 1099-DIV that both efiles with the IRS and sends out the 1099s to the recipients. Pass postings have recommended Intuit, but they do not send the 1099s (looks like you have to print and send yourself) nor do they do 1099-DIV. A vendor that does it …
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In your Host Analytics implementation, is the HR upload manual or integrated to your HR system? What system are you using for HR? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "New Ways of Looking into the Future - Rolling Forecasts" held on December 4, 2012. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proformative.com/resources/webinar-video-new-ways-looking-future-rolling-forecasts
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Did your business get hurt by Sandy?
Did you plan properly? Did you plan for the worse worse case senario? Did you test your plan? In my case, because of historical data, I never planned for a storm surge of such magnitude, I failed to plan for such a catastrophroic event. As such, I didn't plan properly. Historically, flooding i…
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How are cloud companies financing all of the cap ex and fixed IT support that they offer cheaply to their customers? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "The Evolving Role of Finance Leaders: Owning Technology" held on November 14, 2012. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proformative.com/resources/webinar-video-evolving-role-finance-leaders-owning-technolog…
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How flexible are cloud applications in responding to changing metrics? (Webinar Attendee Question)
My law firm has changing data capture and monitoring needs based upon case specific information, case evolution and court orders. How flexible are cloud applications in responding to the changing metrics? Is change management more or less expensive than in house programmers? This question was ask…
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As consulting CPA, how do we become knowledgable about cloud ERP and CPM products so that we can present it as an option for clients? Otherwise we spend time just maintaining and implementing upgrades
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "The Evolving Role of Finance Leaders: Owning Technology" held on November 14, 2012. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proformative.com/resources/webinar-video-evolving-role-finance-leaders-owning-technolog…
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If your stakeholders are waiting until the end of the month financials to make a decision, they've waited too long. How do cloud systems provide daily management information? (Webinar Attendee Questi
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "The Evolving Role of Finance Leaders: Owning Technology" held on November 14, 2012. A video of the webinar can be viewed here: https://www.proformative.com/resources/webinar-video-evolving-role-finance-leaders-owning-technolog…