Are you sick of Shadow IT?

“Shadow IT” means the creation of IT systems without specific approval of the IT team. In the good old days, this was mostly limited to users creating Microsoft Access databases and complex Excel spreadsheets. IT teams used to feel the same way about Microsoft Excel and Access as they did about viruses. They appeared innocuous at …

How to Stop Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS): Why not try BCP38?

Today, as I watched CNN, I was saddened to see that a Denial of Service (DOS) or a Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attack has brought down Internet services for more than 40 Millions users in the East Coast of the United States. DOS attacks are those launched across the Internet to take websites and other services off the …

Is AI and Machine Learning a Disruptor or an Enabler for our Accounting Industry?

It wasn’t long ago that cloud technology was emerging as a potential disruptor to most industries. In the beginning, many didn’t foresee that cloud adoption would become so widespread, but now it’s becoming the standard. All startups and new business ventures are setting up cloud platforms during the formation period of their business. In most cases, …