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Drew Long Featured in Accounting Today

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Drew Long Featured in Accounting Today

News of Drew Long and Louis Sands' promotions to partner at Sikich was covered in Accounting Today’s "People on the...

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Technology

VPN and Security

Technology

VPN and Security

Virtual Private Networks or VPNs are widely used today in business to connect remote workers to their offices and protect...

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Technology

Salesforce Service Cloud for Lightning

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Salesforce Service Cloud for Lightning

Service cloud is an application within Salesforce that is geared toward making things easier for customer service by providing features...

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DNS over HTTPS – More security for your business!

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DNS over HTTPS – More security for your business!

If you created a list with the top 10 most critical technologies that allowed the internet to work, DNS (Domain...

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Manufacturing

Congress Moves Forward with USMCA Trade Agreement

Manufacturing

Congress Moves Forward with USMCA Trade Agreement

What this Means for U.S. Manufacturers and Distributors As a new decade begins, will manufacturers and distributors see the ‘roaring twenties’...

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Security

The Differences Between Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Te...

Security

The Differences Between Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Te...

Today’s cybersecurity landscape has seen security consciousness grow amongst many organizations, such that organizations have moved from reactively scrambling to...

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Technology

A Smooth Path to Modern ERP From Homegrown Legacy Systems

Technology

A Smooth Path to Modern ERP From Homegrown Legacy Systems

At the time your homegrown ERP system was developed and launched, it was probably the best possible solution. But what...

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Article

Financial Planning Series: Step 2 – How to Set Financial Go...

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Financial Planning Series: Step 2 – How to Set Financial Go...

Financial Planning Series: Step 2 https://youtu.be/EFqUq7eKiI0 Setting goals is an important step in financial planning. Goals can vary based on a person’s situation, but your starting goal...

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Article

The Power of Video: Why your company needs video marketing in 202...

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The Power of Video: Why your company needs video marketing in 202...

Why your company needs video ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? Having more customers REACH out to you?SELLING your products more easily?Having your customers...

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Technology

Salesforce Community Cloud Basic Overview

Technology

Salesforce Community Cloud Basic Overview

A community cloud is essentially a website connected to the Salesforce org that you can deploy to connect customers, partners,...

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Transaction Advisory Services

Revenue Recognition and Private Equity: Are You Paying Attention?...

Transaction Advisory Services

Revenue Recognition and Private Equity: Are You Paying Attention?...

Back in May of 2014, FASB issued one of the most considerably penetrating compliance changes in over a decade (Accounting...

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Technology

Dynamics GP Security – A Dozen Easy Ways to Make Your Syste...

Technology

Dynamics GP Security – A Dozen Easy Ways to Make Your Syste...

Everyone is worried about security these days, and GP users are no exception. Clients often ask my team and me...

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Wealth Management

The A, B, Cs of Medicare

Wealth Management

The A, B, Cs of Medicare

Planning for Healthcare costs in retirement While most people know that Medicare is health insurance for those ages 65+ or with...

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Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 5 of 5: Application...

Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 5 of 5: Application...

In Part 1 of this series, we made the distinction between data integration and application integration. Part 3 and Part...

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Article

Sikich elects two new tax partners

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Sikich elects two new tax partners

CHICAGO — Jan. 13, 2020 — Sikich recently promoted Drew Long and Louis Sands to partner. Both Long and Sands offer...

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Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 4 of 5: Executing a...

Dynamics 365

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 4 of 5: Executing a...

In Part 3 of this series, we installed the CDS Data Integrator templates from Microsoft, established our connections, and created...

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Webinar: Revenue Recognition – Implementation is Here!

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Webinar: Revenue Recognition – Implementation is Here!

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New SECURE Act includes Significant Retirement Plan Changes

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New SECURE Act includes Significant Retirement Plan Changes

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was passed in December 2019, encompassing nearly 30 provisions intended...

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Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 3 of 5: Configuring...

Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 3 of 5: Configuring...

In Part 2 of this series, we set up the environments involved in the integrations and the PowerApps Connections to...

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Internal Controls in the Government Sector – How to Say “No...

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Internal Controls in the Government Sector – How to Say “No...

Employees in the internal controls environment must be comfortable saying “No,” or they may suffer a critical reduction in the...

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Affordable Care Act Updates for January 2020

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Affordable Care Act Updates for January 2020

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is likely here to stay. However, in late December 2019, there were a series of ACA...

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Spreedly PCI Compliance Case Study

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Spreedly PCI Compliance Case Study

Payment industry leader Spreedly collaborates with Sikich to ensure and simplify compliance with regulatory  frameworks that enforce standards for financial...

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Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 2 of 5: Setting Up ...

Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 2 of 5: Setting Up ...

In Part 1 of this series, we covered the basics of systems integrations, differentiating between data integrations versus application integrations....

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Article

Financial Planning Series: How to Start the Financial Planning Pr...

Article

Financial Planning Series: How to Start the Financial Planning Pr...

How Can You Engage in a Financial Planning Process? https://youtu.be/F1uZ5QfVGp0 What are the ways that clients can work with a Certified Financial...

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Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 1 of 5: Integration...

Technology

Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 1 of 5: Integration...

One of the greatest challenges for an enterprise architecture is getting your data in sync and your many diverse systems...

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DOL Proposed Safe Harbor to Send Communications Electronically

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DOL Proposed Safe Harbor to Send Communications Electronically

Effect of the New Rule on Electronic Disclosures On October 23, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule...

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Article

A Wake-up Call on Workforce Safety

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A Wake-up Call on Workforce Safety

View the Related Workplace Safety Infographic Below As a former law enforcement officer, I’m deeply passionate about workforce safety. I believe...

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Technology

xHelper – Phone Security Threat

Technology

xHelper – Phone Security Threat

A little more than half of the people who read this article will be reading it from an Android-based device...

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Human Resources

Ken Cranney and Bill Larkin Featured in HR Technologist

Human Resources

Ken Cranney and Bill Larkin Featured in HR Technologist

Ken Cranney and Bill Larkin authored an article that was published in HR Technologist. This article discusses human capital management...

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Technology

What’s the Difference Between Sales Enterprise and Sales Profes...

Technology

What’s the Difference Between Sales Enterprise and Sales Profes...

As you're setting up Dynamics 365, but you aren't sure if Dynamics 365 for Sales Professional or Sales Enterprise is the best...

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