Google is much more than just a search engine. Among other offerings, with an operating system, web browser, telecommunications services, collaboration tools, advertising services, web analytics, and online spreadsheets, word processing, calendars, and email, it is easy to see that Google is shaping and re-shaping the world of technology. Learn about "all things Google" in this fast-paced and very entertaining session.

What's new with Office 2010 and why should you consider using it? In this session, you will learn about productivity-enhancing features such as Outlook's Conversation View and QuickSteps; Sparklines, Slicer, and PowerPivot in Excel; Conditional Formatting in Access; Video Editing in PowerPoint; Co-authoring in Word; and Office Web Apps - all tools to make you more productive with Microsoft Office 2010.

"As long as you have your data, we can recover everything else."  How many times have you or your organization gone to your backup only to find it bad or missing? Discover new alternatives for keeping your data safe, such as backup appliances with complete virtualization capability; internet-based backups; continuous data protection; and alternate backup media. Can you really afford to take chances with your most valuable asset - your organization's data? Learn better ways to backup your data by participating in this session.

Basic charts in Excel are so easy "a cave man can do them." But how can you build advanced, interactive charts that allow users to "self-select" data? Or charts that change dynamically as the volume of data changes? Or PivotCharts? In this session, you will learn how to build amazing charts in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint that will enhance your communications.

With over a million rows and sixteen thousand columns, Excel is a serious analytical tool.  And with the introduction of PowerPivot in Excel 2010, the analytical capabilities of Excel continue to grow. Integrate an impressive array of newer features such as Tables with some old tried-and-true tools such as Data Tables, PivotTables, Solver, Goal Seek and you have a powerful analytics tool that can report results via dashboards. Learn how to perform business analytics in Excel!

Not going to Windows 7 in 2010? Then you likely need to clean up your Windows XP systems so they run optimally. This session reviews a number of utilities to help you manage hardware, even if you are not a "techie." Learn how to undelete deleted files, wipe files forever, clean the registry, prepare your disks properly, and much more. Extend the life and enhance the performance of your Windows XP systems by learning about the tools and techniques covered in this session.

Forget the paperless office; how about everything - old photographs, slides, documents, files, tapes, cassettes - in electronic form?    As the world continues to march through technology, you might need to convert older data on the fly, so you have access to all of your data and documents.  For example, can you really deal with a floppy disk now?  This session will provide the best in ideas of how to keep everything available.

As accountants increasingly use PDF files, reviewing and editing these documents becomes even more important. In this session, you will learn best practices for reviewing and editing PDF documents. Examples of topics discussed include adding tick marks to PDFs, collaborating on PDFs, securing PDFs, and assembling "final copies" of PDFs. Become more efficient and productive working with PDFs by attending this session.

Information security is no longer optional - it is the law!  This session covers tools for securing emails, encrypting hard disks and flash drives, protecting data on mobile phones and other portable devices, securing documents, protecting desktops and servers, securing text messaging, and more.  Attend this session and you will understand how to protect confidential data and reduce your legal risks.

Some 4 million businesses use QuickBooks applications and almost every one of them faces certain issues when using the software. In this session, you will learn best practice solutions to the most common QuickBooks issues such as ensuring the integrity of prior period transactions, securing QuickBooks data files, finding and reconciling discrepancies in account balances, and financial and operational reporting. You will also learn about complementary products that can help you to solve some of QuickBooks' most challenging issues. This session provides a terrific opportunity of how to make the most of QuickBooks.

Where should you invest for the best technology ROI? Technology companies will roll out major upgrades, as well as new solutions, all year long. This session provides the most current recommendations for computers, servers, printers, and scanners. Learn about the latest technologies affecting the accounting profession, the organizations we work for, and the clients we serve.

More than ever, technology impacts traditional services such as audits, write-ups, compilations, and reviews. Engagement and trial balance software continue to evolve and offer significant efficiency gains, but so do other technologies such as workflow management, time and billing systems, document management, and research tools. Learn about the tools to make these segments of your practice more efficient and profitable.

What technologies can make your tax practice more efficient and more profitable? How well do tools such as scan-and-populate, workflow, portals, document management systems, and web-based research really perform? How can you integrate popular accounting software applications such as QuickBooks with your tax software? Get answers to your questions - and enhance the value of your practice - in this session.

Unless you are using all of the following features, you may be missing out on some of Excel's best tools: Custom Views, Report Manager, Solver, Scenario Manager, Defined Names, Templates, Form Controls, User Defined Functions, Page Layout View, and Working With Multiple Workbooks In The Same Instance Of Excel. With Excel being the "accountant's tool of choice", you really cannot afford to miss this opportunity to learn about some of Excel's best features.