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Accounting Business-Aligned IT Strategy
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Accounting Cloud Computing Report
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- IT security is always a concern when using cloud solutions.
- Learn about how the cloud trend affects both your organization and IT specifically, including challenges and opportunities, with expert assistance.
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Accounting Artificial Intelligence Report
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Accounting Big Data & Analytics Report
- With the adoption of cloud solutions, accounting firm have access to large amounts of client data. The ability to analyze this data and spot macro trends allows firm to offer high-quality insights through advisory services.
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Benchmarking Report: A Cross-Industry Comparison of IT Stakeholder Satisfaction
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Accounting IT Stakeholder Satisfaction Benchmarking Report
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Accounting IT Management & Governance Benchmarking Report
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Accounting – Accounting Software Report
- Accounting software automates finance management processes, ensuring accuracy of financial transactions and facilitating reconciliation.
- The proliferation of cloud-based systems will save time in integration and data transfer.
- Learn about what accounting software is, the state of the market, key features and functions, and leading vendors in the space in order to understand how it can transform your IT strategy and ability to deliver.
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Accounting ERP Report
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a set of business management software solutions that an organization can use to collect, store, manage, and interpret data from business activities and/or processes and that commonly include finance, operations, HR, planning, and supply chain.
- Learn about what ERP is, the state of the market, key features and functions, and leading vendors in the space in order to understand how it can transform your IT strategy and ability to deliver.
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Accounting CRM Report
- Managing the customer relationship for professional services firm is a critical activity. Good customer relationship management (CRM) tools can affect productivity, client retention, and your team’s ability to upsell services.
- ERP tools often bundle in CRM capabilities, but you will need to decide if the capabilities are sufficient for your customer relationship needs.
- Learn about what CRM is, the state of the market, key features and functions, and leading vendors in the space in order to understand how it can transform your IT strategy and ability to deliver.
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Get Things Done in Professional Services Firms
Date published
January 29, 2019
Author:
Professional services firms – particularly small ones – struggle with effective project execution. It is hard for these IT leaders to complete strategic initiatives and manage the stream of new requests from different stakeholders. Fix this situation by addressing IT strategy and steering committee functions in addition to project and portfolio management processes.
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