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IT Zone Library - Expert Guide archive

IT Zone has built up an impressive collection of Expert Guides and user tips on a wide range of technology subjects. Click the links below to brush up your expertise on the following subjects:

Information Security

Focus on data protection

Focus on disaster recovery and business continuity planning

Any Answers: How much should you spend on IT?

Where does it hurt - an introduction to IT troubleshooting

Handling computer errors

A framework for selecting integrated software

When IT projects go bad

Back-ups - The secret to surviving IT system failures

Websites are for life and not just for Christmas

The secrets of effective web marketing

How databases work

Choosing a reseller

An introduction to knowledge management

Focus on key performance indicators (KPIs)

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Information security Expert Guides by Stewart Twynham

Information Security - new challenges, same concepts

Virus clinic: practical advice from community members

Seven ways to protect personal information on the web

The firewall

Top 10 security failings of websites

Web security: How safe is your site?

Anatomy of a hack: It only takes a few minutes

Web secuirty - How to secure your site

Domain name purchase and protection

10 tips to avoid spam

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How to prevent spyware from hi-jacking your PC

How to cope with staff email and internet misuse

What you need to know about spam

Mastering search engine positioning

The AccountingWEB guide to online research

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Management reporting page

Improve your reporting skills with self-teach tutorials

What is the ideal monthly management pack?

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

Focus on forecasting

Focus on budgeting

Focus on business analysis

Budgeting under the microscope

Excel spreadsheets in budgeting - a cautionary tale

Budgeting and Forecasting - PA Consulting Guide (PDF)

Management and Performance Reporting - PA Consulting Guide (PDF)

Guide to analytic applications for business

Reporting tutorials: Use MS Query to extract and analyse accounts data

Tutorial: Sales analysis with Pivot Tables

Reporting tips and techniques for Sage Line 50

Exporting data from Sage Line 50 into Excel - part 1

Exporting data from Sage to Excel - Part 2

Exporting Sage data part 3 - Building a P&L in Excel

Can you get a reliable daybook out of QuickBooks?

Why sales reports have to be produced by an accountant

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IT Zone's small business accounting software resources

How to choose accounting/ERP software

What sort of supplier should you be looking for?

Software Lab Tests

How accounts packages are changing by David Carter (2006)

Desktop accounting software guide - 2003

Paperless office

Payroll software - 2007

Personal tax software - 2005

Accounts production

Practice management systems - 2006

Internet accounting - the 2008 SaaS roundup

An introduction to stock control systems

Stock control software options for small business

Asset management software

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ExcelZone Compendium - 400+ tips and queries

Excel reporting tools

The Bloor Research guide to spreadsheet compliance tools

Spreadsheet errors and how to avoid them

Data validation for better spreadsheets

Five simple tips to save time and pain with Excel

Pivot table tips & tutorials

How to make formatting 'stick' in Excel pivot tables

Using Excel’s VLOOKUP function to add fields

Pulling Sage data into Excel via ODBC

Tutorial: Build your own Excel Net to Gross function

Excel links

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Setting up a schedule of figures in Word - Tutorial by Simon Hurst

Microsoft Word templates and styles

Introducing Word AutoText and AutoCorrect

Microsoft Access uncovered

Reduce software costs with the Microsoft Action Pack

More Office ProductivITy Tips from Simon Hurst

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Focus on practice technology

An accountant's guide to building an IT consultancy

IT Healthcheck - Cooper Parry & Co - 2006

Towards the paperless practice - update

Paperless time & billing tips

IT in Practice: The singer, not the sewing machine

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Paperless Office Buyer's Guide 2005 (PDF)

IT Zone Guide to the Paperless Office (2004)

It's not about the paper

Paperless Office - selection checklist

Paperless pointers for accountants in business

Casebook: Dixcart gets its document priorities right

The 'less-paper office' - an accountant's eye view

Towards the paperless practice - update

Practice Tip - Going Paperless

Paperless Office - How PDF files can help

PDF and Acrobat Zone

An introduction to knowledge management

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Focus on remote working - tools, tax and techniques

Technology essentials for home businesses

An accountant's guide to mobile working

Business IT Guide: Sharing documents online

An introduction to the wireless internet

The Gadget Zone Guide to Wireless Networks

Internet telephony

The promise of unified communications

Employers' Briefing: using mobile phone while driving

Wireless auditing - the PDA challenge

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IT Zone Guide to printers, part 1

IT Zone Guide to printers, part 2

Business IT Guide to choosing a suitable printer

Printing tips: How to go green and save your firm money

Money saving printing tips

Keeping printing costs under control

Making colour printing affordable

Why a £520 colour laser printer is cheaper than a £199 one

Practical IT Tips: Printer companies get fat on chips

Printer quest - which model is best for personal use?

Case study: In-house printing cuts costs for Somerton & Co

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Hardware archive

AccountingWEB's Technology Top 10

PDA and mobile phone round-up (May 2006)

Tips to keep your PC clean and well oiled

Never buy a laptop when a desktop will do

How to avoid the hardware upgrade rip-off

Guide to portable Projectors

Two screens are better than one

Data storage

The virtual computer - just like Tupperware

Is it time to exit Windows?

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