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Accountex IT benchmarking results 2026
Reflecting back on Accountex 2026, we summarise the emerging tech trends and the results from this years Pro Drive IT in Accounting Benchmarking Survey. Accountex is the…
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Pro Drive exhibit at Accountex 2026
Our Technical Director, Matt Taylor, summarises the 2026 Accountex exhibition and latest Pro Drive IT news from it. In May…
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Passkeys: the next step beyond passwords. For firms who already take security seriously
If your firm already uses multi-factor authentication (MFA) and a managed password approach, you’re ahead of many organisations. However cyber…
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How to use Microsoft 365 to automate your data classification policies
For financial and professional services firms, data classification is no longer optional. With the growth of artificial intelligence in everyday…
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Why classifying data matters more than ever in the age of AI
We recently wrote about why having a framework for classifying your data is so important in the digital age and…
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Why data classification matters for professional services firms
With almost all legal and accountancy firms having gone fully digital, it’s safe to say that this most critical asset…
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How Practice Managers can use AI to run a more efficient Accountancy practice
The accountancy sector is changing rapidly with private equity backed firms growing rapidly from acquisition and creating competitive pressure on…
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Why IT outages hit professional services firms hard – and the simple strategy to avoid it
For all companies, downtime related to IT is costly and frustrating. For Accountancy and Law firms that charge by the…
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How your IT team can be tricked into letting cyber criminals access to your IT systems
In recent months, cyber-attacks on high profile retail businesses including Marks & Spencer (M&S) and the Co-op have made the…
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Don’t let the move to cloud-based accountancy software make you complacent about your cyber security
Accountants have accelerated their transition from paper-based to digital-based systems, particularly embracing modern cloud-based bookkeeping and practice management software. However,…
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