By Lisa Gecko
Cloud-based integration of applications solves many of the headaches associated with the traditional model of integrating software and systems. As we continue in part two, we will look at the many advantages of the SaaS (Software as a Service) model and cloud based integration over the traditional model, and how it can significantly [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
If you’re like a lot of organizations running network software, you’ve been in this business a long time and have pretty much seen it all: from mainframe to mid-range to client-server to Internet-based computing and everything in between. It’s difficult to not look at SaaS (Software as a Service) and cloud computing as [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
In part one of this series we examined a few of the changes in cloud computing that led to more enterprise organizations virtualizing their tier one applications. The article focused on cloud service providers (CSPs) offering enterprise-grade security hardware and software. It also touched on the new-found ease of hybrid cloud hosting management [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
In the last few years a growing number of larger corporations and multinationals have moved a substantial percentage of tier two applications to the public cloud. The pay-as-you-go model of usage-based pricing provides an elasticity that is extremely cost-effective. This savings that the scalability and multi-tenancy of public cloud computing provide, is [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
Business accounting software is a must for handling orders, inventory, and bookkeeping for most organizations. Quickbooks has been the standard for businesses for many years. The 2012 versions of Premier and Accountant are the most feature rich versions of the popular Quickbooks business software. In this article we will take a closer look [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
Quickbooks is the most popular and feature rich accounting and business management software on the market. Quickbooks includes several versions, all with differing levels of features and support. In this article we will take a look at the Pro version and determine if it is the one that is right for you.
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By Lisa Gecko
With a commercial hosting program, bookkeeping companies can now work with authorized commercial hosts to eliminate many IT hassles, improve productivity, and save money in the process. What hosting something commercially means specifically, is that the QuickBooks desktop software and data are no longer stored on any in-house PC. Instead, the application is [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
In the past few years with the expansion of cloud computing services and a wide variety of organizations taking advantage of them, bookkeeping companies are finding many reasons to follow the trend. With cloud service providers (CSPs) offering services for hosting QuickBooks desktop applications via the IHP, there is now a very stable [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
SaaS, or Software as a Service, is a computing distribution model where businesses rent online software instead of purchasing and installing it on their own computers. SaaS is a fundamental concept behind centralized computing where organizations rent their computing software from a host. All of the processing work is completed on the Internet, [...]

                 

By Lisa Gecko
Cloud computing has quickly become one of the most popular computing models for organizations throughout the world. The 24/7 availability, efficiency and affordability of virtual server infrastructure, the familiarity of a web-based interface, and the almost infinite scalability of a cloud-based architecture has contributed significantly to its speedy adoption. But even with its [...]