The beginning of the 2020 legislative year for state lawmakers across the country comes with new threats to the future of CPA licensure. Legislative challenges to professional licensing standards remain a threat to CPAs and other professionals as groups such as the American Legislative Exchange Council and Americans for Prosperity advocate for anti-licensing legislation in […]
Archives for February 2020
New GASB standard addresses lease accounting, OPEB, other issues
Issues for state and local governments related to lease accounting, other post-employment benefits (OPEB), and other topics were addressed Wednesday in an omnibus standard issued by GASB. The new standard, GASB Statement No. 92, Omnibus 2020, addresses various issues that include: Modifying the effective date of Statement No. 87, Leases, as well as associated implementation […]
Report: Smart bulbs have a major security problem
Many Philips Hue smart light bulbs have a firmware flaw that leads hackers into an entire network, Check Point Research found. Your internet-connected light bulbs may be doing more than illuminating your home: They could also be serving as an open invitation to hackers. Security firm Check Point Research has released its findings that many […]
Why do IoT projects fail?
There was a time when the fact that large IT projects went way over budget and were delivered well past the delivery date wasn’t particularly unusual; it was almost par for the course. So why should the Internet of Things (IoT), which encompasses computing and communications technologies be any different, asks freelance technology writer, Bob […]
Vertical AI is the New Black
The reality of AI adoption is out of sync with the hype that AI has generated. However, where artificial intelligence is prepared to prove itself is in vertical market applications. A recent article in the Financial Times argued — fairly — that despite the billions of dollars poured into “AI” companies, investors have, on the […]
How Continuous Intelligence Enhances Observability in DevOps
The escalation of data and workloads in the cloud calls for continuous intelligence to maintain order. Human awareness is not the only resource organizations can rely on to respond to events with the rise of continuous intelligence to shoulder the work. This real-time analysis of historic and current data is used for decisioning and responding […]
New Decade, New You: The Evolution of the CIO
Differentiate your enterprise by going more in-depth with cloud, leveraging data and analytics, embedding AI, and putting security at the center of the business. Image: Worawut – stockadobe.com There is no question — technology is advancing and improving faster than ever before across enterprises, making the chief information officer’s role more critical to the performance […]
Riyadh announces global cybersecurity initiatives that could open collaboration with India
Governor of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Region Prince Faisal bin Bandar has announced two global initiatives to boost cybersecurity. This is brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The first is the Crown Prince’s international initiative to protect children in cyberspace and the second is the Crown Prince’s initiative to empower women in the cybersecurity sector. […]
Advancing safe deployment practices
“What is the primary cause of service reliability issues that we see in Azure, other than small but common hardware failures? Change. One of the value propositions of the cloud is that it’s continually improving, delivering new capabilities and features, as well as security and reliability enhancements. But since the platform is continuously evolving, change […]
Backup Explorer now available in preview
As organizations continue to expand their use of IT and the cloud, protecting critical enterprise data becomes extremely important. And if you are a backup admin on Microsoft Azure, being able to efficiently monitor backups on a daily basis is a key requirement to ensuring that your organization has no weaknesses in its last line […]