Accountants in all facets of the profession continue to adopt PDF files as the foundation of their document storage and management platforms. Further, PDF files increasingly serve as a medium for exchanging information between accountants and their peers, clients, customers, vendors, and other trading partners. Unfortunately, many professionals using PDF technologies continue to labor under the erroneous assumption that PDF files are secure and others cannot change them. In fact, PDF files are unsecured by default and those using PDFs should take specific actions to secure these documents and prevent disclosing sensitive and confidential data. Fortunately, Adobe Acrobat provides a number of very good options for securing PDF documents.

Smartphones have already grown beyond any reasonable expectation of slow and steady wins the race. These handheld computers are delivering everything from entertainment videos to games to email to news to personal and business oriented applications. These applications give users support for doing all kinds of business operations and personal activities. Smartphones are not just about making the call, playing the game, and getting map location and directions.