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CPA, Bookkeeper, Tax Preparer
The modern CPA, bookkeeper, and tax preparer's
business is heavily computer-based, maybe more-so than nearly all other types of
businesses. The CPAs and bookkeepers I've worked for spend probably ninety
percent of their day in front of a computer.
Furthermore, the entire business living record itself exists on computers.
It is absolutely critical that a CPA or bookkeeper have up-to-date technology
and a rock-solid data backup system in place.
Paperless offices are even more reliant on their computers. Fault tolerant
servers offering large capacity disks with immediate real-time backup (RAID1) and
other redundant systems are imperative. There is simply too much at stake
to not have redundant protection in place.
PBCIT can also recommend workstation productivity improvements such as multiple monitors that will speed your workflow. If you've never used a multiple-monitor setup then you will be pleasantly surprised at how much more efficient you can be given all the new screen real estate available. That means less switching between applications, less minimizing and maximizing of various windows, and seeing more of what you need simultaneously.
Tax professionals especially benefit from having multiple monitors. All my tax professionals have multi-monitor setups -- some as many as four monitors connected to a single computer.
CPA firms operate on a feast or famine schedule, with Q1 being the biggest feast! The last thing in the world you need is to suffer days of downtime if your computer dies. Even if your client data is backed-up, you know it'll take two days to reload all your tax and accounting software. Let PBCIT discuss rapid recovery technology that can have your workstation back up and running in a matter of hours instead of days, with all your software installed and intact.
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