February 2013
CaseWare IDEA Releases Highly Anticipated IDEAŽ Version Nine
New Features Help Refine Analysis, Share Results and Complete Audits with Greater Speed

 

CaseWare IDEA and its U.S. distributor Audimation Services, Inc. today announced the release of IDEAŽ Version Nine, the most high-performance and user-friendly audit analytics software available. New features include a ribbon and quick access toolbar, a library for easy data access and increased collaboration, advanced Benford's Law tests, plus increased speed and new functionality. The release also features enhancements for IDEA Server and full integration with IDEA add-ons.

 

"IDEA's seamless integration with IDEA Server, SmartAnalyzer, and SmartExporter not only cuts the time spent bouncing between products, it offers the ultimate in audit workflow efficiency by bridging data import, analysis, and reporting," said Alain Soubličre, IDEA Product Manager. "We're pleased to offer great new features and enhancements across our product lines that will make long lasting impressions in the data analytics industry. From listening carefully to our customers and having worked years in the field, we know first-hand the challenges that auditors face. We're here to provide tools to improve user experience and promote better usability, productivity, and collaboration."

 

Where's Dupo? Contest Winner
Last month, we asked you to tell us the cleverest tactic you've discovered for hiding duplicate payments, and ways you can find them before payment is made.

Many of you use IDEA's Duplicate Key Exclusion function test to identify duplicates when one field has slightly different information. You've seen duplicates hidden by changing the invoice date, adding numbers or letters to an invoice number, submitting duplicate invoices to different departments, or even using the Random Number Generator feature in Excel to add extended numbers following the decimal.

The IDEA Tech Team reviewed all the responses and determined that the most creative way to hide duplicates was by using visually similar characters to create multiple invoice IDs.

Congratulations Steven Hintz! You have won an iPad Mini!

All of the responses have been compiled here. Take advice for your fellow IDEA users and be ahead of the fraudsters.

Don't forget to check next month's IDEA Update for our next contest!
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