As an employer you can pay your employees for mileage incurred when they are using their own car to travel on business. HMRC sets out the rates you can pay without the payment being subject to tax and NI. The approved rate is 45p per mile for up to 10,000 miles per annum and 25p […]
Archives for October 2018
Alexa for Business now open to third-party integration
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant could soon be popping up on office printers and photocopiers. The firm has announced an extension to its existing Alexa Voice Service Device SDK that would enable third-party manufacturers to add the voice assistant to their business devices. The SDK would enable devices to sport Alexa and be managed as shared […]
Amazon cloud revenues up by nearly a half in third quarter
Amazon’s AWS cloud business increased by 46% year-on-year in its third financial quarter. It made revenues of $6.68 billion in the quarter, compared with the average estimate of $6.71 billion. AWS also netted over $2 billion in profit. Net sales for AWS for the last 12 months were $23.3 billion, and operating income for AWS […]
SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security
News SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security By David Ramel 10/25/2018 Organizations rolling out software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions report increased network security is the main achievement of such deployments, according to survey results just published by Barracuda Networks. Security was front and center throughout the report, titled “The Challenges and Opportunities of SD-WAN” and […]
Microsoft Q1 results show cloud is still a major earner
Cloud has once again been a big earner for Microsoft, with the company posting Azure revenue growth of 76% over the last quarter. Server products and cloud services have grown by 28%, while its “intelligent cloud” division has increased revenues by a quarter compared to the second quarter of 2018. However, the growth of Microsoft’s […]
FASB Issues Hedge Accounting Guidance
FASB Issues Guidance on Interest Rates for Hedge Accounting The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2018-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting. ASU 2018-16 expands the list of U.S. benchmark interest rates permitted […]
Remote code execution flaw found in Cisco WebEx
Security researchers have discovered a flaw in WebEx’s WebexUpdateService that allows anyone with a login to the Windows system where Cisco’s client software is installed to run system-level code remotely. The vulnerability is “pretty unique” as it is “a remote vulnerability in a client application that doesn’t even listen on a port”, according to a blog […]
Check Point acquires Dome9 to boost cloud security
Check Point has acquired Israeli security firm Dome9 to boost the company’s cloud security portfolio, helping its customers secure their Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud multi-cloud environments. Although Check Point already offers a range of cloud security solutions, taking on Dome9’s tech as well means it can bolster its Infinity architecture, designed for public […]
What is an Accounts Receivable Aging Report?
If you’re like most businesses, then there’s a good chance that you offer credit terms to some of your customers. This is known as your accounts receivable or AR as it represents the balance of money owed to a firm for goods delivered or services rendered but not yet paid for by customers. In a […]
Cloudy with a Chance of Threats
Securing multiple clouds can be very complex. What’s needed is an integrated approach that is dynamic and flexible, and able to keep pace with cloud workloads and applications as they expand. The agility and benefits of cloud computing are undeniable. Forrester predicts that the total global public cloud market will be $178 billion in 2018, […]