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
How to build an app stack
Not sure how to pick the right tools for your technology stack? Lesley Meall speaks to firms about their experiences and insights.
What does 2021 have in store for IT
There is no doubt 2020 saw some significant changes to working methods and practices and all the signs are that this will continue into 2021.
Exceptions - exceptions - exceptions!
Exception reports are a favourite tool. It is all very well having reports but is the underlying data in those reports a) correct and b) complete?
The client dashboard view
A hugely valuable resource for work allocation and planning.
Guidance
The essential guide to robotic process automation
Robotic process automation (RPA) can save organisations' time, with tasks performed with higher speed and accuracy, as well as removing the risk of human error. However, it is not suitable for all processes and, in some cases, could act as a sticking plaster for a system that needs to be re-engineered.
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
Use of Cloud services continues to grow rapidly.
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.
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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Unified file and object; best of both worlds?
The article discusses that the unified file and object storage tackles growing volumes of unstructured data in a way that is compatible with traditional and cloud-era applications and friendlier to analytics.
Balancing costs and benefits of storing data in the cloud
The article discusses enterprises have looking at cloud storage as an alternative to on-premise storage systems. Topics include cloud solutions store data remotely, removing the need to retain on physical on-site hardware; and the cost of enterprise cloud storage has vary greatly, depending on particular use cases.
Between a cloud and a hard place
The article discusses how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic accelerated the cloud computing technology migration of business applications.
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Useful links
Cloud Computing
Overviews and beginners guides to cloud computing from Tech Donut.
CloudwatchHUB
Resources from CloudWATCH, a project funded by the European Commission, providing practical information and guidelines for SMEs on cloud computing. Includes the interactive tool European CloudScout which provides tailored information for businesses on how best to use the cloud.
Guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third party IT services
FCA guidance relevant to firms who are interested in outsourcing to the cloud and other third party IT services. It may also be of interest to third party IT providers (including cloud providers), trade associations and consumer groups, law firms and other advisers, and auditors of financial services firms.
BSA global cloud computing scorecard
The BSA/The Software Alliance scorecard examines the legal and regulatory framework of 24 countries around the world, to rank countries’ preparedness for the adoption and growth of cloud computing services.
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