Randy Johnston has been an entrepreneur, technologist, and teacher for most of his career. He has helped start and run many businesses, and founded Network Management Group, Inc. and owns half of K2 Enterprises. He has written for accounting and technology publications for four decades, and for CPA Practice Advisor since 2000.
December 13, 2016
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. The old adage that time flies when you’re having fun has certainly applied to our family with the addition of three new grandchildren this year! While we often track time in our lives by birthdays ...
December 8, 2016
A simple reminder to get you started: all of these products scan, incorporate from a portal or from pictures snapped on client’s cell phones all of the documents for a 1040 tax return. They tend to sort them in tax preparer/IRS form order in a PDF ...
October 20, 2016
What works best in the cloud? Some would simply say everything. During August at multiple conferences I heard presenters make claims that if you weren’t completely in the cloud, you were “missing out” and “foolish”. While listening to the presenters ...
September 9, 2016
Expense reporting can be painful, complex or simple, but rarely would I hear anyone suggest that expenses are pleasurable. Even those of you who avoid expense reporting have others in your organization who wind up doing the paperwork and accounting ...
August 19, 2016
Observing the new normal of slow business growth raises the question: what’s the next big thing? Likewise, it is reasonable to ask if we are doing the right thing. In other sections of this month’s publication there is coverage on both document ...
July 12, 2016
For some of your organizations, this is the time you are upgrading to Windows 10 and the latest Office 2016. For others, you have decided to stand pat with your Windows 7 and Office 2010 implementation. Part of my purpose in writing this column month ...
June 10, 2016
Most of you who know me understand that I’ve had the privilege of having a long career in technology. The opportunities to help vendors build hardware products, as well as networking, productivity, accounting and document management software have been som
April 5, 2016
Probably more important than the tool is the culture of business development, discovery meetings, referral clients and omni-channel marketing. Since many accounting professionals have not been trained in marketing, this leads to common errors and ...
March 11, 2016
We have three primary technology ecosystems to support our computing needs: Microsoft Windows, Apple OS & iOS, and Linux & Android. With SaaS products improving, the operating systems make less difference and future mobile versions of the products ...
February 8, 2016
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held annually in January in Las Vegas, introduces new products and technologies for consumers and businesses alike. Many consultants and authors use this event to find new products that can help clients ...
December 21, 2015
Notable changes are ahead in our future. We have just passed the “future” date that Marty McFly targeted with the DeLorean in Back to the Future II, and I have enjoyed immensely seeing the entire trilogy with my wife again this year as well as noting ...
November 8, 2015
Software as a Service (SaaS) is making great progress. However, if you can’t solve your business needs with all SaaS tools, and you want to live in the cloud, how do you do that? We’ve discussed in prior columns the advantages of private cloud and ...
