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.
January 12, 2014
Data is king. Keeping it stored safely and securely is critical. Whether you are operating in the cloud, from an office, or from your home you need to be thoughtful about your data. In my professional life, strategies for keeping data safe have been mandatory for over 40 years.
December 17, 2013
It has been a while since this column has covered the importance of your web site and the use of web technologies. Let me be as clear as I can: you must have a clear web strategy, an elegant web site that runs in browsers, smartphones and tablets, has clear branding for your firm, integrates...…
October 31, 2013
Many of us spend the majority of our time in the office with a few meetings around town. Others are road warriors that spend much of their life on the road and in hotels.
September 30, 2013
Both accounting firms and industry accountants ask me regularly about opportunities for their firms. One area that has been avoided by industry and public practice CPAs alike is payroll. We’d prefer to transfer the work, liability, risk, schedule commitment and governmental reporting to someone else.
August 28, 2013
Cloud definitions, strategies, and marketing messages continue to shift. What is most important is the business problem you are trying to solve and the solutions available.
July 31, 2013
Someone in your firm needs to be literate on security and managing your risk. The number of security risks are increasing.
June 28, 2013
From the July 2013 Issue. Document management seems to be a recurring theme for my practice this year. It may be because there are so many improvements in products. It could be that document management can be resource intensive to implement and that it raises so many procedural and cultural issues. It could be that...…
May 27, 2013
There are a number of strategies being promoted as the latest, easiest and/or best way to run your practice. Current thinking includes value billing, recurring flat billing, niche strategies, international, and so on.
April 29, 2013
At the risk of insulting your firm, it is rare to see a document management project implemented correctly. Further, I don’t believe a document management project is ever complete. Let me explain why.
April 9, 2013
Over the past 20 years we have had the pleasure of assisting many firms down the paperless path. In the last five to ten years, portals have become popular.
February 27, 2013
I’ve had the privilege of helping developers of many of the mainstream accounting software products in use in the U.S. market and the opportunity to follow many more over the last 30 years.
