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Article: Taking Integration of Technology Full-Circle.(Supplement: Integrated Solutions)
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- The Practical Accountant
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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Byline: Roger Mongeon
How well technology integrates in a practice affects workflow, productivity and more often than not, morale. While it remains extremely important to consider how well a new technology will communicate and mesh with existing hardware and software applications, the technology must also be comfortable for the accountants and staff, and allow a practice to remain flexible enough to integrate or shift to new technology, if needed.
Accountants' jobs become much easier when one technology can seamlessly communicate with another. However, when the topic of technology integration is addressed, how well a technology leverages staff skill ...