04 Feb 2019
What’s the Key Ingredient for Hospitality Business Financial Management?
“We’re seeing massive savings due to the automation we’ve accomplished with Sage Intacct.” – Jeff Banaszak, CFO, Creative Dining Services Creativity, collaboration, innovation, flexibility and quality — those are some of the characteristics by which Creative Dining Services d...
01 Feb 2019
If Your Accounting Software Needs Updating, Read This!
Did you know the last major adoption wave for financial management and accounting software dates back to the late 1980s, following the shift to Microsoft Windows. Every major financial software package today arose from this transition. QuickBooks, Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, and Oracle all pre-date the...
31 Jan 2019
You Are Outgrowing Excel. Now What?
Admit it, you’ve been getting the feeling you may be outgrowing excel. Don’t feel bad. If you’re doing your budgeting and planning in Excel, you’re not alone. Would you believe roughly 90 percent of companies with 50 to 200 employees use Excel every day to budget and plan. Still, at ...
31 Jan 2019
Data Protection: Why Is Cloud Backup on the Rise?
A new report from Transparency Market Research, provider of analytics, research, and advisory services for Fortune 500 companies, demonstrates there is a high need for replication of data in businesses today – with an increasing demand for data protection by way of cloud backup, wherein a lar...
30 Jan 2019
What is a Data Protection Officer?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legal framework that replaces the EU Data Protection Directive and is enforceable since it became effective on May 25, 2018. The purpose of the GDPR is to further protect the privacy rights of EU individuals by governing how organizations manage and...
29 Jan 2019
8 Cloud Accounting Benefits for Faith-Based Organizations
Are you a faith-based organization exploring cloud accounting benefits for more comprehensive, data-driven financial management? The reality is, today’s not-for-profit organizations do not have the luxury of a large IT budget. Yet, they require a financial management system that provides depth of ...
28 Jan 2019
Is a Cloud-based Financial Management Solution Right for You?
In today’s complicated business climate, is your accounting software helping you grow and compete? If you are considering a new financial management system, there’s one decision you can and should make early on: Which delivery model is right for your organization? Financial leaders today balan...
25 Jan 2019
Time to Take Your Franchise Financial Management to the Cloud
Fast-growing franchise business need a flexible and full-featured financial management system to support ongoing expansion – streamlining accounting for all entities through automated processes. Looking for rich, multi-dimensional reporting to gain greater financial insights, franchise leaders are...
24 Jan 2019
Do you know what a hybrid cloud has to do with Intelligent Business?
A hybrid cloud solution combines private (internal/on-premise) and public (external) cloud deployment models. With a typical private cloud solution, one would build, develop and manage their own cloud infrastructure. The most common deployments of private cloud solutions are in enterprise-level envi...
23 Jan 2019
Why Are Nonprofit Organizations Increasingly Moving Financial Management to the Cloud?
Community Improvement Entities Educational Nonprofit Organizations Faith-based Organizations Nonprofit Healthcare Organizations Human Services Organizations International Nonprofits and NGOs Membership Organizations Philanthropic Organizations Today, more and more nonprofit organizations are moving ...
22 Jan 2019
What’s Holding Up Your Financial Management?
What does financial management at leading, growing businesses look like – right now? Today’s fast growth businesses often require CFOs to work closely with the controller to ensure that the organization gets the full benefit of the controller’s talents and knowledge and, the controller’s...
21 Jan 2019
What Is Cloud Financial Management?
What is cloud financial management – and what does it have to do with graduating from QuickBooks? Today’s growing businesses are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. On the positive side, they have the opportunity to capitalize on global markets and resources by virtue of today...
18 Jan 2019
Is Your Accounting Firm Leveraging Cloud Accounting Software?
Successful accounting firms must provide high-value strategic support to multiple offsite clients including high-net-worth individuals and small businesses, plus run a tight ship in house. One key to maximizing the profitability of client accounting practices is reducing time-consuming manual effort...
15 Jan 2019
Do Staffing Agencies Need Cloud Accounting?
For today’s competitive staffing organizations, fast growth depends on fast decisions derived by leveraging the right information at the right time. The way to fast decisions: Cloud accounting. Why cloud accounting for staffing agencies today? Cloud accounting helps reduce hours to minutes, helpin...
14 Jan 2019
CompuData Named To Bob Scott’s VAR Stars 2018
CompuData, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Services, has been selected as a member of Bob Scott’s VAR Stars for 2018, a group of 100 organizations honored for their accomplishments in the field of mid-market financial software. The selec...
14 Jan 2019
5 Reasons Multi-Entity Wealth Management Firms Go Cloud ERP
According to Thomson Reuters, today’s wealth management and private banking firms want access to comprehensive, up-to-date financial market information and analytics delivered as a multi-channel digital experience chiefly to enhance risk management and regulatory compliance capabilities and capita...
10 Jan 2019
Cyber Security 2019: Manufacturing at Risk
According to the Wall Street Journal, cyber risk is nothing new to any company operating today, but for many manufacturers the threats are far more serious than ever. The current pace of digital transformation, coupled with increasing digital interconnections around the globe, are escalating the ris...
03 Jan 2019
Email Security: New Year, More Phishing Attempts – So Watch Out!
Around the holidays, even throughout January – and most certainly during the thick of tax season – you may see an uptick in phishing attempts with scammers spoofing (pretending) to look like colleagues, friends, family. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in recent months released ...
02 Jan 2019
10 Hacks to Maximize Your Gmail Productivity in the New Year!
Gmail Productivity. It’s not a myth – though it may seem like it is for you at this particular time. Ever wish your Gmail could be better – streamlined, organized, minimalist! Resolving to do a better job at managing your Gmail in the New Year? Well, you’re in luck! With a fe...
27 Dec 2018
Going Cloud: Consolidation Steps for Multi-Entity Healthcare Organizations Are Changing
In virtually any healthcare organization, corporate accounting is the custodian and curator of financial data to monitor and manage the organization and drive it forward to new levels of success, but as any controller or CFO of a multi-entity healthcare organization can tell you financial consolidat...
21 Dec 2018
Hospitality Management: Do You Keep Your Finances On Track?
Do you operate multi-property hotels, restaurant chains, entertainment venues, resorts, clubs, or other hospitality businesses? Do you leverage a sophisticated hotel management system to keep your accounting and finances on track? With the special demands placed on financial management for entities ...
20 Dec 2018
Manufacturing Technology: Is Your Factory Fit for 2019?
Behind the scenes of the world’s leading industrial and manufacturing companies, a profound digital transformation is now underway. According to a recent Global Manufacturing article, How technology is transforming manufacturing, there is no no doubting the digital transformation targeting manuf...
19 Dec 2018
Do You Have a Cloud First Strategy for 2019?
For many businesses planning to upgrade from existing legacy ERP systems, the thought of migrating to the cloud before the impending new EPR implementation makes little sense. We’ll just do it all at one time. Why should we disrupt our processes … twice? We don’t need our data in the cloud...
18 Dec 2018
Guess What? Your SaaS Data Needs Cloud Backup!
As companies increasingly move data into cloud-based applications, many IT teams wrongly assume their SaaS vendors have a backup in place. After all, a SaaS application is always available, accessible from anywhere, and highly redundant, so why is a backup needed? An astonishing one in three busines...
11 Dec 2018
Critical Insights. Inventory Optimization. Manufacturing’s Digital Transformation Continues
During 2018, only 30 percent of manufacturers investing in digital transformation were likely able to truly maximize outcomes; the rest being held back by outdated business models and lagging, legacy technology, according to IDC Manufacturing Insights, Moving Forward with Digital Transformation in t...
05 Dec 2018
Why Replacing Your ERP Makes Sense
Today’s leading manufacturers and service providers are diving into technologies to help stay competitive, profitable and primed for growth — advanced robotics, 3D printing, Manufacturing 4.0, the cloud, Big Data, the Internet of Things, and mobile technologies, just to name a few. Incorporating...
03 Dec 2018
How Painful Is Your Collections Management?
If you’re in finance you can relate to the manual steps, time-consuming efforts, and constant back and forth with customers… all while your receivables continue to rise. The collections frenzy is all too real in organizations today. Collections teams are in a sense firefighters: they put out rag...
29 Nov 2018
6 Reasons to Take Epicor ERP to the Cloud
Moving to the cloud presents a number of easily quantifiable benefits, and many that can be difficult to assign a value to, despite their obvious business and/or technical appeal. Here’s 6 reasons to strongly consider moving your Epicor ERP to the cloud! Cloud Economics: Early value propositio...
20 Nov 2018
CompuData CEO Angela Nadeau Recognized as Most Admired CEO by Philadelphia Business Journal
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Angela Nadeau, CEO of CompuData, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Services, has been named one of the Most Admired CEOs in the Greater Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Earlier this year, CompuDat...
15 Nov 2018
Life After QuickBooks: Question Your Financial Management Right Now
Unfortunately, virtually every growing business also soon realizes that the undeniable early value of QuickBooks—and even QuickBooks Online—is soon overtaken by the limitations and compromises that emerge. Perhaps your organization has already run up against some of these barriers: inflexible pr...
14 Nov 2018
Which Business Technologies Will You Implement In 2019?
When it comes to growing your business, here are 4 digital technologies you may want to introduce in 2019. The Hybrid Cloud A hybrid cloud solution combines private (internal/on-premise) and public (external) cloud deployment models. With a typical private cloud solution, one would build, develop an...
13 Nov 2018
Cloud ERP: The Right Model for Job Shops and Manufacturers
In the face of growing competition and a challenging business climate, many job shops and manufacturers are looking for ways to reduce costs, streamline operations, and improve the bottom line. Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is a proven solution for running a business effic...
12 Nov 2018
CompuData and AvidXchange Announce New Partnership
CHARLOTTE, NC, and PHILADELPHIA, PA – CompuData, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Services, has signed on as an AvidXchange Gold Partner. The new relationship with AvidXchange, the leading B2B payment solutions provider for midsize compa...
05 Nov 2018
CompuData Proudly Supports 2018 Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Pitch
PHILADELPHIA, PA – For the second year in a row, CompuData is proud to support the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Pitch initiative to provide rising female founders in the Greater Philadelphia Region with advice, support and opportunities to improve their business pitch, secure funding and ...
01 Nov 2018
SaaS Businesses Are Scaling for Growth with Cloud Accounting
SaaS businesses in today’s highly competitive marketplace provide unique services, increase customer loyalty, and improve productivity with the automation of key business processes. Tech-savvy CFOs and controllers at fast-growing software companies are pushing to automate complex financial process...
31 Oct 2018
CompuData Receives University of Delaware Blue Hen 17&43 Award for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Growth
PHILADELPHIA, PA – CompuData Inc, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Services, is proud to announce that it is a recipient of the 2018 University of Delaware’s (UofD) Blue Hen 17&43 Awards. Recognizing successful Blue Hen ventures, the Blue ...
31 Oct 2018
Stop the Madness: You Need Managed IT Services
What’s your view on managed services today? As you read this, more businesses are making evaluating making the move to managed IT services. The decision to turn over certain IT functions to managed IT service providers frees internal IT staff to focus on strategic projects and empowering business...
22 Oct 2018
Why Are Multi-Entity Firms Paying Attention to Cloud Accounting?
Multi-location organizations face complexities — decentralized payables, inter-entity transactions, multiple currencies, global consolidations — that require a purpose-built financial management system. Whether your business is global or domestic, simple or complex, now you can close the books f...
22 Oct 2018
Multi-Entity Financial Management: What Can Cloud Accounting Do for You?
Why do multi-entity firms need to pay attention to cloud accounting? Multi-location organizations face complexities—decentralized payables, inter-entity transactions, multiple currencies, global consolidations—that require a purpose-built financial management system. Whether your business is glo...
16 Oct 2018
Here We Grow Again!
CompuData has been busy with five new hires this quarter! Dave Uhlig joins CompuData as a Sage Intacct Consultant, bringing with him more than 20 years of expertise in ERP implementation and consultation. Dave is a fan of both the Phillies and the Flyers – but weirdly not the Superbowl Champion Ea...
16 Oct 2018
By Transforming Operations, Plastics Manufacturers Can Stay Competitive. Here’s How!
Are you a plastics manufacturer? How does tighter delivery schedules, increased profits, and real-time actionable visibility into plant and business operations sound to you? To maximize profit margins, leading manufacturers are re-engineering their core business processes, from sales to planning an...
11 Oct 2018
CompuData Named Sage Intacct Partner of the Quarter
PHILADELPHIA, PA – CompuData Inc, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Services, is proud to announce that it has been named Partner of the Quarter by Sage Intacct. “We’re proud to award CompuData as the Sage Intacct Partner of the Quarter...
02 Oct 2018
CompuData Podcast: CompuCast Talks Internet of Things
Welcome to CompuData’s Podcast! CompuData’s CompuCast features insights from CompuData’s Drew Rosado, Mike Ulrich and Paul Thompson – plus CompuData guests! Hear directly from the CompuData team on what’s new, what’s important, and what’s next! What’s CompuCast ta...
02 Oct 2018
VersaPay Welcomes CompuData as a Gold Partner
PHILADELPHIA, PA – CompuData, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Hosting Services, is pleased to announce it has joined VersaPay’s VersaPartner Program as a Gold Partner. VersaPay is a leading provider of cloud-based invoice-to-cash soluti...
01 Oct 2018
The Digitization of Manufacturing: Are You Ready?
During 2018, only 30 percent of manufacturers investing in digital transformation will be able to maximize the outcomes; the rest are held back by outdated business models and technology, according to IDC Manufacturing Insights, Moving Forward with Digital Transformation in the Manufacturing Industr...
01 Oct 2018
CompuData Named to Philadelphia Business Journal’s Top Women-Owned Businesses
PHILADELPHIA, PA — CompuData, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Hosting Services, is proud to announce it has once again been recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal as a leading Women-Owned Businesses in the Philadelphia metro r...
07 Sep 2018
What is Cloud-based ERP Software?
Connecting and collaborating with different teams in different locations. Leveraging unparalleled insight into all areas of your business, including inventory and order management, accounting, human resources and more. Harnessing the cloud to bring together real-time information on your company’s ...
23 Aug 2018
Does Your Growing Business Need SaaS? Probably!
Why SaaS? When evaluating software, it is obvious to look at the cost of the software, but purchasing licenses and installing licenses is only one component of the tech investment. Hardware and servers can be costly and some organizations can only afford computers with limited storage space or prefe...
22 Aug 2018
Is Your Digital Marketing Agency Outgrowing QuickBooks? What’s Your Plan to Control Expenses – As You Grow?
For competitive marketing agencies, positioning for growth in the marketing and advertising sector, when real-time visibility into budget vs. actual at the project, campaign, and department levels is lacking, it’s incredibly difficult – if not impossible – to make timely decisions ...
16 Aug 2018
CompuData Recognized in Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2018 Soaring 76
CompuData, an award-winning business technologies firm specializing in Cloud ERP, Managed IT and Cloud Hosting Services, is proud to announce that it has been named to the Philadelphia Business Journal‘s 2018 Soaring 76, which celebrates the region’s fastest-growing companies. “We’re proud ...