Widespread Mobile Communications — Implications for Chartered Accountants
By Daisy Downes Mobile communications, particularly the widespread adoption of smartphones and tablets, are driving rapid development in cloud-based applications, explains Daisy Downes. If you are...
View ArticleBig Data, Better Performance
By David McGee and Cailin Maguire Big Data is more than just a buzzword. It can be the key to better business performance as David McGee and Cailin Maguire explain. Almost fifty years ago Peter...
View ArticleSix Tips for Using Existing Data More Wisely
By Brett Knowles Organisations are collecting more data than ever before and processing them in new ways in an effort to improve their businesses. But often they are not using the data in the right way...
View ArticleThe SMART alternative to big data
By Bernard Marr Getting lost in a sea of data that delivers no value? Here’s how to convert raw information into real business results. We have been told for years that we live in the Information Age:...
View ArticleDriving faster decisions
By Ken Tysiac Continuous monitoring and continuous auditing through data analytics provide internal audit with significant opportunities to provide added value to organizations. As these data-driven...
View ArticleTurning big data into smart data
by Jemelyn Yadao The interpretation of “Big Data” has become a priority for most companies. Jemelyn Yadao finds out how accounting firms are using increasingly more sophisticated analysis to help...
View ArticleForensic accountants and big data
By Jemelyn Yadao. Electronic data analysis is not new to CPAs in forensic accounting. But as companies today collect staggering amounts of information, forensic accountants are being increasingly...
View ArticleGrowing Pains
Mid-tier firms are finding that size does matter, as they respond to a stricter compliance environment and try to get their heads, and hands, around big data. Hong Kong’s mid-tier firms are...
View ArticleThe rise of the machine
By Steven Ambrose IBM scientists have built a quantum processor-based computer that users can access through a first-of-a-kind quantum computing platform delivered via the IBM Cloud onto any desktop or...
View ArticleThe next frontier in data analytics
By Norbert Tschakert, CPA/CFF/CITP, Ph.D.; Julia Kokina, CPA, Ph.D.; Stephen Kozlowski, CPA, CGMA, Ph.D.; and Miklos Vasarhelyi, Ph.D. Why CPAs and organizations need to learn to use advanced...
View ArticleNew EU data protection rules are coming
Why Britain’s EU vote won’t protect firms from wide-ranging new data regulations You can read the full article at economia.icaew.com.
View ArticleThink small
By Aaron Watson Big data, lies and statistics – how can we be sure we are dealing with truth? One of the masterminds behind LEGO’s rejuvenation shares his insights. The whole world has gone too far on...
View Article2017: a year of abundance
By Dwayne Bragonier Thanks to the power of cloud computing, 2017 promises to bring huge breakthroughs in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Welcome to 2017, a time when...
View ArticleLeading innovation
By Michelle Perry Information technology investments are now falling under the remit of chief financial officers. Michelle Perry looks at their essential considerations in plotting an IT strategy for...
View ArticleThe shape of things to come
By Cian Molloy What lies in store for the accountancy profession? Cian Molloy investigates how the profession might fare in the years ahead. Since the arrival of the first accountancy software packages...
View ArticleThe future of the professions
By Claire Scobie What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on professions such as accounting? For centuries doctors, accountants, lawyers, teachers and architects have solved problems too...
View ArticleBig data, analytics, AI, and the finance professional
Data gathering and accounting’s role in it continues to change. A thought leader explores the opportunities. By Aubrey Joachim, FCMA, CGMA Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotisation will affect many...
View ArticleAutomating accounting
Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that excels at using data to find patterns and make predictions. George W. Russell takes a look at how this rapidly evolving technology is...
View ArticleAlgorithms are everywhere
By Pierre Theroux They can be useful in our daily lives but do they know too much about us? Many companies may not want you to know the answer. They have names such as HardBacon, Ambo, Wealthica and...
View ArticleGDPR and employee data
As you prepare for the implementation of GDPR, there are a number of practical measures to consider when it comes to processing employee data. Most accountancy firms collect and process personal data...
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