Wi-Fi? Why not?

Accounting Technology, May, 2006 by Lisa Spinelli

When a CPA saves an hour or two by stopping at a wireless Internet hot spot and doing some work online, the benefits can be "huge," according to Peter Henley, a CPA and director of information technology at Clark Nuber, a Seattle-based CPA firm. "Those extra hours are what the accounting industry is always trying to gain." With increasing access points to hook onto wireless services and faster connections being built every year, Wi-Fi is becoming the customary way to hook up to the Internet within the accounting industry.

Wi-Fi devices - which include not only e-mail capabilities but phone, instant messaging and access to software in the office network - are also saving time and increasing productivity for accountants. Security still remains a concern for many Wi-Fi users;...

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