Technology

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Nonprofit organizations continue to grow at an enormous pace. The time frame of 1996 to 2004 saw a 53.5 percent increase in public charities and a 75 percent increase in private foundations.

Microsoft developers have been busy, and the upcoming blitz of new versions of both desktop and server products is the result. I’ve previously written about the upcoming release of the Office Suite, and slated to support this release of knowledge worker tools is a new version of Exchange.

Today’s greatest business fear when taking on a technology project is the fear of failure. We have all seen the headlines like, “Company throws out new system after spending millions.” However, when you drill down into it, our “worst nightmare” can be prevented.

I’ve spent the last decade bashing America Online as one of the worst facets of the Internet, from its shady accounting to its poor customer service to its sleazy chat rooms. Now that its subscription service is finally closing up shop, I can’t say that I am sorry.

Tax processing is the lifeblood service for many tax and accounting firms, and the profession has seen the significant impact that technology has had on productivity as firms evolved from manual procedures towards digital automation.