Blog

Why Signing Documents in Nimbus Makes Sense Have you ever wondered how secure your personal information is that you send over email? Statistics show that more than 95% of all emails are still unencrypted, and email malware creation is up 26% year over year. Email was simply not designed with any privacy or security inRead more

Our change to cloud software was forced onto Oculus by one of our software providers discontinuing support.  We first implemented Xero Practice Manager and then needed an online document management option that integrated with Xero PM. I’ve been with Oculus 2 years and when I arrived, the Practice did all their work on desktop withRead more

Repetitive time wasting at work lowers efficiency and profitability. Professional businesses tell us their number one workflow problem is wasting time passing information from one software product to another.  It often involves copying or exporting a document and then signing into another program to work on it, or uploading an downloading to another website. WhatRead more

The Nimbus team will be in good company at the Accounting Business Expo, Sydney on March 21-22nd, 2018 as around 150 companies will be in the show hall, including Nimbus Portal Solutions. As always the event is a strong mix of free keynotes and quick-fire seminars lasting 15 minutes all supported by a giant tradeRead more

It’s time… February 22nd 2018 is when the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme amendment to the Australian Privacy Act 1988 comes into effect. It’s not D-Day but it does represent a significant change in the way all businesses, especially accountants, will have to trade in order to reduce risk and conform with the scheme. So here’sRead more

Catherine Price is the owner of TABS – Super Fund Auditors a firm specialising in super fund audits and has been a Nimbus Portal customer since 2014. TABS – Super Fund Auditors operate a modern distributed team of remote workers. This requires excellent collaboration and workflow monitoring because the business is deadline-driven. Plus due toRead more

Nimbus is committed to supporting new users and your clients who are new to using a Nimbus service. There are a range of training videos which can help your clients learn how to use their Nimbus system. The videos can be accessed by your Clients via the side menu bar after they login to theirRead more

We have improved the archive filtering function in Nimbus CDM. While migrating clients with very large database archives we introduced an improved archive filtering tool. You can now filter archived documents in the same way as on the documents grid. This drag-and-drop functionality makes it super-easy to use and search your document archive. There’s alreadyRead more

Prioritising your work using Nimbus CDM When you get into the office in the morning, everyone needs to think through their priorities for the day.  As Stephen J Covey says in his 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book, you need to identify and separate the “urgent” and the “important” tasks. Nimbus recommends that youRead more

Every new software solution is never perfect for your needs.  When selecting a software-as-a-service solution it’s no different. Your job as the business expert is to make a list of critical functions and “nice to have” functionality.   The perfect balance is the system that best provides you with workflows, security and functionality that isRead more