Feature Article

What is the difference between remote access and file transfers?
Why would you use one service over the other?

As ProAdvisors, we are asked these questions on a weekly basis.  For those of us that have been using various services over the years, it may seem like a simple answer; Working remotely is a way to work with the clients\\\\\\\' data from your office instead of theirs, and file transfers is just transferring file... however, there is really a lot more to the story with the ever-changing world of technology.

To read the rest of the first in this series by Roxanne Brown

Roxanne Brown has focused the last few year on supporting QuickBooks and helping small-to-medium sized business owners streamline their internal procedures, get the most out of their QuickBooks software and provide integration services with 3rd party programs.  Today, approximately 75% of her business is performed remotely, and she works with eCommerce clients around the globe.

When asked about building a practice that is based on remote procedures, she says \"I was working \'virtually\' long before it was the \'in thing\' to do, when my only real option was pcAnywhere and a dial-up connection.\"

To learn how this savvy Advisor uses BDTS - traditionally and not so traditionally.

Since the creation of the Intuit Developer Network (IDN), there has been an increased interest in the ProAdvisor community in learning how the hundreds of integrated solutions available in the Marketplace could be used to not only respond to our clients integration needs but also help us differentiate our QuickBooks consulting practices.

At the same time, members of both the IDN and ProAdvisor Communities were feeling the need for a better way to facilitate the exchange of information between our two groups. After all the goals of our two groups are quite complimentary - to help our customers get the most from their QuickBooks...

by Leslie Capachietti

How many times have we heard this old familiar lament, Hi this is Joe, our computer crashed last night, the last backup we made was the one we sent to you 6 months ago, would you still happen to have it . . . . 

To learn how Business Data Transfer Service (BDTS) solves this crisis (among others) in an Interview with Bruce Heim, President.