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K2 Tech Update
Your Accounting and Finance Technology Update
July 2012 |
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 Greetings! | |
In this month's Tech Update, we'll take a sneak peak at Office 2013 and discuss Five Things You May Not Know About the Android Operating System.
You'll find three Excel tips in our K2 Tips section - Changing How PivotTables Display Blank Cells, How Excel Handles Dates, and A Better Way to Generate NPV and IRR Calculations in Excel.
We have news about Xero Integrating with ADP, Intuit's Payroll Prices, XCM Expanding its Canadian Presence, and Microsoft's plans to release Windows 8.
This month we spotlight the K2 courses Excel PivotTables for Accountants - Part II, QuickBooks - Reconciling and Analyzing Financials, and Office 365. Be sure to review our August webinars for your online training. |
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Office 2013 - A First Glance | |
On July 16, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled to all the Customer Preview (beta) of Microsoft Office 2013, the latest release of the venerable Microsoft Office suite. Although a final release date is not available yet (many analysts expect an early 2013 release), anyone who desires to get a sneak peek or conduct testing may download and install the Customer Preview edition by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en. Having done so, the following comments summarize a few of K2's Tommy Stephens' initial observations and testing of Office 2013. Between now and general availability, he will keep you posted on other findings.
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Five Things You May Not Know About the Android Operating System | |
 The two significant mobile operating systems in the smartphone space are Apple's iOS for the iPhone and Android, the smartphone operating system created by Google. The Android system is not hardware specific and therefore is available on a variety of smartphone devices. Because of this, Android holds a bit of a market share lead over the iOS, with approximately 47% of the market compared to 42% for the Apple offering. The remaining 11% is divided up by all others, such as Windows Mobile and RIM. Because Android is one of the big players in the smartphone realm, we thought it would be appropriate to provide a look at some of the features available when using an Android powered device.
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| Xero Announces Integration with ADP |
Xero, one of the leaders in the collaborative accounting market, is now integrating with ADPs RUN payroll solution. The integration connects ADPs online payroll solution to Xero's online accounting solution. Users taking advantage of this integration can now process payroll using RUN Powered by ADP and send all of the information directly to Xero, creating efficiency by eliminating duplicitous data entry.
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| Intuit Modifies Payroll Prices | |
Effective September 1, 2012, Intuit will modify pricing for both its Basic and Enhanced payroll services; additionally, effective July 15, 2012, Intuit modified pricing for its Assisted Payroll service. Each of these three services integrates with QuickBooks accounting software.
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| XCM Expands Canadian Presence | |
XCM Solutions and CCH Canadian Limited have announced a strategic partnership to provide XCM's cloud-based workflow solutions to users in Canada under the name CCH Workflow - powered by XCM. CCH Workflow - powered by XCM is a complete workflow management system that empowers practitioners to manage all types of work across the firm, within all departments and across multiple offices. According to the companies, users of the solution can expect greater efficiency and productivity resulting from automating processes for completing work and real-time access to essential client service and management information. Preliminary results from XCM Solutions' Annual Client Survey show that on average XCM users report saving approximately 90 minutes per person, per day.
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Microsoft to Release Windows 8 on October 26 | |
On July 18 via its Windows Team Blog, Microsoft announced that October 26 is the "official" release date for Windows 8. In addition to establishing the "general availability" date, Microsoft also announced that users of a legitimate copy of Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro at a deeply-discounted price during a promotional period that ends on January 31, 2013. During this time, users can upgrade via a downloadable copy of Windows 8 for $39.99; those who prefer to shop at a local retailer will pay $69.99 for a packaged DVD version of the upgrade.
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| K2 Webinar Schedule for August | | To better serve the accounting community, K2 has partnered with Surgent McCoy, LLC to offer high quality web-based CPE training. This gives you the opportunity of receiving leading-edge, K2 developed and presented content, in the friendly confines of your home or office. The cost of the two-hour sessions is $79 and the cost of the four-hour sessions is $129. We are excited about this ability to provide web-based training and hope to see you on the Web.
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We hope you find this issue timely, relevant and useful. If you have topics you would like for us to cover here in the coming months, please let us know.
Sincerely,
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| Continuing Professional Education for Accountants and Financial Professionals | |
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