Cloud adoption
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Cloud computing
News, opinion pieces and case studies aimed at helping members gain a better understanding of cloud services.
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Features and articles
Where does bookkeeping stop and accounting start?
A major change with cloud accounting is always on access to the data.
My system is down - what do I do now?
In the last couple of weeks, a significant number of accountants, their clients and businesses will have been affected by “major outages” with cloud accounting software.
Focusing on tax technology
From artificial intelligence to cloud computing, Paul Aplin applies another lens to tax technology.
Excel community project rescuing the lost archive part 6
So far, the visualisations that we have used in our BI report have come from the gallery of built-in visualisations. One of the great strengths of Power BI, and one of its greatest advantages over just using Excel, is the range of additional visualisations that are available.
Guidance
How to audit the cloud
Cloud computing is transforming business IT services, but it also poses significant risks that need to be planned for. This practical guide for internal audits outlines how they should assess risk management.
The Cloud and Financial Services
Guidance on the use of cloud computing in Financial Services
Do I have to encrypt personal data to comply with DPA 2018 (GDPR)?
Find out whether you should consider encrypting your data, how encryption works in practice and what types of appropriate technical and organisational measures are common.
Tech essentials - 10 steps to cyber security for smaller firms
While the fundamentals on how to protect yourself, your business and your clients remain essentially unchanged, the context in which we write about them continues to shift. Cyber criminals are always finding new means of attack and we all need to keep up to keep them out.
Webinars and recordings
Taking your practice into the cloud
Chris Downing, Global Director for Accountants and Bookeepers at Sage, talks about the importance of having a cloud first approach for your practice, the benefits it brings to your clients, and the value and opportunities it brings to your practice.
Tech essentials - cyber recovery
Gain practical advice on how to be aware of vulnerabilities and threats, securing your data and recovering from a data breach.
It never rains it pours - the challenges of auditing the cloud
The webinar will look at the challenges faced by internal auditors in auditing the cloud.
Digital accounting systems: an overview and roadmap for adoption
Matt Flanagan, Managing Director at Bluehub, describes the types of add-ons and applications in the cloud account ecosystem in this webinar. He also outlines the process for applications with clients and gives top tips for the journey with technology.
Adopting the cloud: considerations for your business
Expert Thinking's Ben Fry outlines how moving to the cloud has the potential to transform your business and significantly enhance your value proposition. In this webinar, he explains the key issues you need to consider before implementing the technology.
Transforming modelling and visualising data using Power BI
Discover how you can take advantage of your familiarity with Excel whilst overcoming its limitations of working with data, by extending with Power BI.
Benefit vs Risk; Cloud Computing
This webinar provided practical guidance on moving to online accounting.
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Industry press
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Cloud computing: friend or foe
Article looks at the risks associated with moving to the cloud which organisations must consider and the necessary of adoption of risk management strategies to ensure safety and control.
Avoid cloud archiving's perfect storm
Article discusses hove organisations should be aware of costs and issues around moving data from and between clouds to enjoy the best advantages.
How colocation fits with a cloud-native roadmap
The article discusses how colocation datacentres fits with cloud-native architecture to effectively support business organizations in exploiting growth opportunities and rebounding from their loss during the coronavirus crisis.
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Useful links
Applying IFRS – Accounting for cloud computing costs
Guide from EY on how entities might account for cloud computing arrangements within the requirements of IFRS. It discusses cloud computing arrangements that include intangible assets, where they do not, and evaluating whether arrangements contain a lease.
Enterprise Risk Management for cloud computing
Guidance to establishing cloud computing governance leveraging COSO’s frameworks. Useful for those at the initial stages of implementation but also a useful for thhose who have completed implementation to evaluate and improve cloud governance where necessary.
Guidance for audit committees on cloud services
NAO guidance providing an overview of cloud services and outlining government policy on their use. It then sets out specific questions for audit committees to consider asking when engaging with their management at three stages: Assessment; Implementation; Management.
Cloud Computing
Overviews and beginners guides to cloud computing from Tech Donut.
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