Software Tool Makes Big Data Analysis More Accessible to Users Across the Organization VANCOUVER, May 21, 2013 – ACL announced today the release of ACL™ Analytics version 10 (formerly known as ACL™ Desktop), a powerful, cost effective solution that can analyze any data source. I

This is part four of an ongoing series on Optimizing Script Performance – part three focused on Keyword Searches. Hello my fellow scripting friends! I hope you are ready for some more tips and tricks in the world of data analytics…so let’s get right to it. Today, we are go

According to Forbes, Microsoft’s Excel Might Be The Most Dangerous Software On The Planet. At last!  I no longer feel so all alone. Truth be told, I’m not alone and lots of others have been saying the same thing about spreadsheets for years – I say spreadsheets because I d

According to a new survey conducted by Deloitte UK, 47% of respondents said that the increased use of data analytics would most help IA providing assurance over the risk of fraud.  Who am I to argue about that!  You can find the survey report here. It’s a good read. This is a very int

A few weeks ago I participated in the 26th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium at Rutgers Business School. I think it was about the 12th occasion at which I have presented at the Symposium. Initially, WCARS was heavily oriented towards academic research and technical pap

It’s the week of St. Valentine. Over the next few days, learn some special tricks to give your analytics and audit management programs the love and attention they truly deserve. Today we focus on Analytics. Do you need to spend some dedicated time with a technology that you are intere

We recently ran a webinar entitled Public Pension Plan Assurance: Sustainability, Modernization and Control.  This webinar talked about some of the more challenging aspects of running modern government pension programs, where technology is playing an even greater role in pension admin

Recently, ACL hosted a webinar on our new product release, ACL Importer. During the question period, we received a nice compliment from one our longstanding customers, David Hermansen, Project Professional, Experis, ACDA, CISA (retired), stating that he “loves Desktop 9.3.” It’s alway

The demand for automated solutions is increasing, especially with companies scrambling to interpret big data. ACL data analytics provides a great solution for automation with an easy-to-learn scripting language that can be applied to practically any data set. This series is aimed at p

The other week I was lucky enough to talk with Rita Cochell, the Director of Internal Audit & SOX compliance at Logitech. Logitech is a really interesting company focused on innovation and quality. In their words, they design computer peripherals “to help people enjoy a better exp