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Tips to Keep Up With Salesforce Releases
August 18, 2020
Salesforce upgrades their applications three times a year, and each release is filled with a lot of new functionality. The...
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Preparing for Cyber Security Threats
August 18, 2020
On July 23, 2020, the fitness brand Garmin was hit by ransomware. This particular ransomware was called WastedLocker and was...
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Ray Lampner Featured in BizTimes
August 17, 2020
Ray Lampner was quoted in an article by BizTimes. In this piece, Ray provides insight on why business owners might...
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Putting Consolidated Construction Management Software to Work
August 17, 2020
The software industry has created many applications for construction companies—maybe too many. Below, we state our case for a unified...
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Payroll in a Pandemic: What Our Peers are Saying
August 14, 2020
I recently had the pleasure to get together with a group of my favorite people: payroll professionals. During this virtual...
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Navigating the COVID-19 Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
August 14, 2020
As the entire world feels the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States federal government stepped in to enact...
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Material Requirement Planning Is Here…Sort of
August 14, 2020
There has always been a demand for Material Requirements Planning (MRP) within NetSuite. Currently in NetSuite, we have Demand Planning,...
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Demystifying Due Diligence: The Q of E
August 14, 2020
Due diligence is a key part of any transaction when buying or selling a business - but also one that...
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President Issues Executive Orders
August 13, 2020
After Failing to Reach CARES 2.0 Deal with Congress, President Issues Executive Orders Congress and the Administration have enacted significant legislation...
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COVID-19 and the Property Tax Appeal Process Webinar
August 12, 2020
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Sikich PR Team Wins PRSA Chicago Skyline Award
August 12, 2020
Sikich's Public Relations Team was named an "Award of Excellence" winner as part of the Public Relations Society of America...
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What comes next for relationships in financial services
August 12, 2020
What comes next for relationships in financial services Thrive and grow with better customer relationships. Your ability to create and manage vital...
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Microsoft Teams: How to Enable Public Live Events
August 12, 2020
Microsoft Teams live events allow users in your organization to broadcast video and meeting content to large online audiences. While meetings...
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Cost Effective Actions You Can Take to Lower Your Property Tax Bi...
August 12, 2020
The property tax system is hundreds of years old, full of local quirks and mired in bureaucracy, customs, politics, personality,...
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Construction & Real Estate Loan Covenants During the Pandemi...
August 12, 2020
As the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues, social distancing and remote work protocols continue to impact the commercial real...
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How Earnouts Prevent Burnouts in Transactions
August 12, 2020
With a prideful twinkle in their eye, owners often set the asking price for their business fully confident it will...
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Jerry Murphy Appears in Manufacturing Business Technology
August 11, 2020
Jerry Murphy authored an article about financial hygiene measures manufacturers can put in place during the pandemic, which was published...
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Financial Advisor Quotes Maureen Aebi
August 11, 2020
Financial Advisor, a magazine and news website covering essential market information and planning and investment strategies to help advisors better...
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Cumulating Royalty Claims in D365FO
August 11, 2020
Software Version Used Installed product version: 10.0.11 (10.0.464.20020) Installed platform version: Update 35 (7.0.5644.41461) Introduction The royalty functionality in Dynamics 365 for Finance and...
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Mergers and Acquisitions During a Downturn Part 2: The Seller’s...
August 11, 2020
Last week, we discussed mergers and acquisitions during a downturn from the buyer’s perspective. Though many buyers may be hesitant to...
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Title IV Common Findings Corner: Zone Alternative Requirements
August 10, 2020
To begin and continue to participate in any Title IV, the Higher Education Act (HEA), program, an institution must demonstrate...
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PPP Loan Accounting Issues for For-Profit Title IV Institutions
August 7, 2020
Article updated on October 2, 2020 Amongst all of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)...
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Royalties: Calculating and Recalculating Royalty Amounts in D365F...
August 6, 2020
Software Version Used Installed product version: 10.0.10 (10.0.420.10041) Installed platform version: Update 34 (7.0.5600.35546) Introduction The royalty functionality in Dynamics 365 for Finance and...
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Will NetSuite’s New SFTP SuiteApp Replace Bank Feeds?
August 6, 2020
NetSuite’s latest innovation in banking, the Auto Bank Statement Import (ABSI) SuiteApp, was released early. However, because its release was...
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Title IV Common Findings Corner – COVID-19 Updates
August 6, 2020
The Department of Education previously released updated guidance on June 16, 2020 for schools that were affected by the COVID-19...
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New Considerations for Deal Making
August 5, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic flipped traditional business operations upside down, uncovering what companies need to do not only to survive, but...
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Mergers and Acquisitions During a Downturn Part 1: The Buyer’s ...
August 4, 2020
A downturn in economic activity—particularly one as severe as the crisis in 2008 or the current COVID-19 recession of 2020—understandably...
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A world without offices?
July 31, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has caused significant hardship and has forced us to look at much of life through a new...
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Depreciation Planning for Real Estate Like-Kind Exchanges
July 30, 2020
A “like-kind exchange,” or “Section 1031 exchange,” allows real estate investors that incur gains on real property sales to reinvest...
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Dynamics Nav to Dynamics 365 BC Cloud Promotion
July 30, 2020
Nowadays, many companies are leaving their comfort zone of an on-premises ERP and taking the plunge to move their network...
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