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K2 Tech Update

Your Accounting and Finance Technology Update 

June 2013
In This Issue
Are You Paralyzed By Technology?
The Ever-Changing Face of Communication
Xero Adds Features
Wolters Kluwer Appoints Abramson
Office Tools Professional To Release New Version of Software
Thomson Reuters Wins Technology Innovation Award
K2 Enterprises Webinars
K2 Connections
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In this month's K2 Tech Update, we discuss Simplifying Your Technology so that you can realize maximum productivity and ROI and The Ever-Changing Face of Communication.
  
In our News section, learn about Xero Adding Features, Wolters Kluwer Appointing Karen Abramson as New CEO for Tax, Office Tools Release of a New Version of Practice Management Software, and Thomson Reuters receipt of a Technology Innovation Award. Also, don't forget to look over K2's July Webinar Listing.
  
The K2 Tips section is taking a short summer vacation and will be back in the July edition of Tech Update. 
  
Our Course Spotlights this month include three of our new courses for 2013: Excel Boot Camp, Excel Best Practices, and The Mobile Office
Are You Paralyzed By Technology? Then Simplify

As we all know, technology should make us more efficient and productive and allow us to provide superior levels of service to those we serve. Does this describe your technology environment? Or, do you find yourself in a situation where your workplace technology sometimes hinders your ability to do what you need to do, when you need to do it? 

 

The Ever-Changing Face Of Communication

If we take a quick walk down memory lane and think about the communication methods that were considered "leading edge" twenty years ago, we realize that everything in use today for connecting with other individuals and businesses could be replaced with something new in the blink of an eye. It is also evident that the amount of time it takes a technology to become antiquated, and another to rise to prominence, is incredibly short.

 

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Xero Adds Features

With its June release, Xero has added a number of enhancements and features to its Cloud-based accounting service. Read about the more notable new features and enhancements.

 

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Wolters Kluwer Appoints Karen Abramson as New CEO for Tax & Accounting Division

Wolters Kluwer announced on June 6 the appointment of Karen Abramson as CEO of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting. Ms. Abramson most recently served as President and CEO of CCH Tax & Accounting, North America. Karen Abramson succeeds Mr. Kevin Robert, who will be retiring as of September 2013.

  
Office Tools Professional To Release New Version of Practice Management Software

Office Tools Professional is set to release its new version of Practice Management at its user conference in Las Vegas. According to the company's management team, the new release is faster, more stable, and integrated with more applications than in the past.

  
Thomson Reuters Wins Technology Innovation Award for NetClient CS Mobile App

Thomson Reuters NetClient CS mobile app was honored earlier in the month by CPA Practice Advisor with a Technology Innovation Award at the 2013 California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles.

  
K2 Enterprises Webinars

K2 Enterprises is pleased to offer web-based Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs that K2 both presents and produces. With K2 controlling content development, scheduling, and delivery, you will have access to an even greater amount of award-winning CPE from the largest provider of technology-focused CPE to accounting and financial professionals in North America.

 

The July schedule includes:

 

QuickBooks - Online Banking

7/9/2013

12:00 PM EDT

2:00 PM EDT

QuickBooks - Budgeting Tips and Tricks

7/9/2013

2:00 PM EDT

4:00 PM EDT

Office 2013 / Office 365 - What's in it for Me?

7/10/2013

1:00 PM EDT

3:00 PM EDT

Top Excel Tips and Tricks

7/10/2013

10:00 AM EDT

12:00 PM EDT

Excel as a Fraud Detection Tool

7/15/2013

1:00 PM EDT

3:00 PM EDT

Consolidating Data in Excel

7/15/2013

10:00 AM EDT

12:00 PM EDT

Collaborating in the Cloud

7/18/2013

11:00 AM EDT

1:00 PM EDT

iPad - An Effective Business Tool

7/22/2013

1:00 PM EDT

5:00 PM EDT

QuickBooks 2013

7/23/2013

12:00 PM EDT

2:00 PM EDT

Internal Controls for QuickBooks Companies

7/23/2013

2:00 PM EDT

4:00 PM EDT

Dashboard Reporting Tools and Techniques

7/24/2013

11:00 AM EDT

1:00 PM EDT

Publishing and Presenting with Microsoft Word

7/30/2013

1:00 PM EDT

3:00 PM EDT

Excel Macros - Easier Than You Think

7/30/2013

10:00 AM EDT

12:00 PM EDT

Windows 8 - What's in it for me?

7/31/2013

11:00 AM EDT

1:00 PM EDT

 

   Hope to see you on the Web!

  
                                                           
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.
 
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The K2 Team 
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