Accounting in the CloudVeneto private cloud

CloudVeneto is a private cloud implemented as the result of merging two existing cloud infrastructures: the INFN Cloud Area Padovana, and a private cloud owned by 10 departments of University of Padova. This infrastructure is a full production facility, in continuous growth, both in terms of users, and in terms of computing and storage resources. Even if the usage of CloudVeneto is not regulated by a strict pay-per-use model, the availability of accounting information for such infrastructure is a requirement, to detect if the resources allocated to the user communities are effciently used, and to perform an effective capacity planning. We present in this paper how the accounting system used in CloudVeneto evolved over time, focusing on the accounting framework being used now, implemented by integrating existing components.

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CAOS: a tool for OpenStack accounting management

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/201921407006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 214 ◽

pp. 07006

Author(s):

Paolo Andreetto ◽

Fabrizio Chiarello ◽

Sergio Traldi

Keyword(s):

Capacity Planning ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Resource Usage ◽

Data Retention ◽

Accounting Management ◽

Cloud Environments ◽

Cloud Infrastructures ◽

Gathering Data ◽

Different Levels ◽

The Way

The analysis and understanding of resources utilization in shared infrastructures, such as cloud environments, is crucial in order to provide better performance, administration and capacity planning. The management of resource usage of the OpenStack-based cloud infrastructures hosted at INFN-Padova, the Cloud Area Padovana and the INFN-PADOVA-STACK instance of the EGI Federated cloud, started with the deployment of Ceilometer, the OpenStack component responsible for collecting and managing accounting information. However, by using Ceilometer alone we found some limiting problems related to the way it handles information: among others, the imbalance between storage and data retention requirements, and the complexity in computing custom metrics. In this contribution we present a tool, called CAOS, which we have been implementing to overcome the aforementioned issues. CAOS collects, manages and presents the data concerning resource usage of our OpenStack-based cloud infrastructures. By gathering data from both the Ceilometer service and Open-Stack API, CAOS enables us to track resource usage at different levels (e.g. per project), in such a way that both current and past consumption ofresources can be easily determined, stored and presented.

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AN ARCHIVAL INVESTIGATION OF A LATE 19TH CENTURY ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM: THE USE OF DECISION AIDS IN THE AMERICAN PRINTING INDUSTRY

Accounting Historians Journal ◽

10.2308/0148-4184.28.1.3 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 3-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Roger B. Daniels ◽

Jesse Beeler

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

19Th Century ◽

Cost Allocation ◽

Decision Aids ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Accounting System ◽

Printing Industry ◽

Late 19Th Century ◽

Accounting Information System ◽

Cost Accounting System

This study investigates management's use of decision aids within the context of an accounting information system of a late 19th century American printing firm. Our findings suggest that the use of decision aids by management transformed traditional accounting techniques and the cost accounting system into an intricate accounting information system by 1880. These decision aids allowed managers to manipulate accounting information to support decisions involving pricing, cost allocation and estimation, profitability assessment, management of receivables, and inventory control. The findings shed new light on the early work of Alexander Hamilton Church on the issue of idle time accounting and raises questions about the uniform costing movement in the American printing industry.

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Management of accounting information resources security in Polish entities – study results

Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0012.0379 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 (97 (153)) ◽

pp. 115-139

Author(s):

Elżbieta Szczepankiewicz

Keyword(s):

Empirical Research ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Information Resources ◽

The Other ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Accounting System ◽

External Threats ◽

Study Results ◽

Cyber Space ◽

Business Entities

The presence of contemporary entities in the cyber-space shows that IT offers unlimited possibilities of running a business and developing an organisation. On the other hand, it involves a greater number of internal and external threats in the area of accounting information resources security. The objective of the paper is to diagnose the current level of accounting information resources security (AIRS) assurance in Polish business entities. The paper analyses two research hypotheses. In accordance with the first one, the AIRS assurance level in various entity groups may be different, even though all entities should have implemented the same requirements of the Accounting Act in the analyzed area. The identified differences may result from the effect of additional, industry-specific regulations. The other hypothesis claims that in the private business area, accounting and auditing companies adhere to AIRS regulations more strictly than other small and medium enterprises. The paper defines the fundamental factors affecting the functioning of corporate accounting systems in the three dimensions of the cyber-space. Subsequently, the author presents the results of empirical research on how corporate information security is ensured in the context of internal accounting control systems and the requirements of the Polish Accounting Act. The results of the empirical research show how the management of the analysed entities crafts the basic elements of their internal environment as well as internal communication and control processes connected with ensuring information resources security. The results also show the management’s approach to various aspects of risk management of accounting information resources security, as well as to adherence to organisational and administrative procedures, and to hardware and software safeguards in the IT environment of the accounting system. The issues analysed in the present paper open a scholarly discussion that should lead to the development of theoretical models, recommendation of efficient methods and tools, as well as indication of adequate legislative initiatives. Research methods used by the author include analysis of literature and legislation, analysis of survey results, deduction and inference.

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THE PRACTICAL ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM TO CONTROL AND TO MAINTAIN THE FUND EFFECTIVELY AT FOREIGN COMPANY (BASED ON A CASE STUDY)

EKUITAS (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan) ◽

10.24034/j25485024.y2006.v10.i3.2206 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 375

Author(s):

Sera Marettini

Keyword(s):

Accounting Information ◽

The United States ◽

Accounting System ◽

Bank Account ◽

Accounting Information System ◽

Head Office ◽

Foreign Companies ◽

On Line ◽

And Control

The writer has observed how to maintain and to control cash effectively at one of foreign companies in Surabaya. It is applied for one of the companies which has a head office in the United States of America. The head office controls all financial things in Indonesia’s company due to the size of branch in Indonesia. The head office itself has many branches almost worldwide. There are some constraints to control the cash maintenance in this case; since a final controlling role will be performed by the head office and an executor role will be performed by the branch, and both of them are separated for thousand miles away, no available on-line accounting system and the branch is not allowed to have a bank account by itself, the only similar thing is they utilize the same program for accounting system. The PCs used in the branch are stand-alone computers. Herewith the writer would like to share an applied system to minimize the mistakes and to smoothen the cash maintenance and control.

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An analysis on the implementation of cloud accounting to the accounting process

Accounting ◽

10.5267/j.ac.2021.2.010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 747-754 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Frihardina Marsintauli ◽

Eka Novianti ◽

Roni Patar Situmorang ◽

Fransiska Diana Fadjar Djoniputri

Keyword(s):

Accounting Information ◽

Accounting Standards ◽

Accounting System ◽

Security Systems ◽

Collection Method ◽

Accounting Systems ◽

Accounting Information System ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Technological Readiness ◽

Financial Transactions

The use of an online accounting system is considered to be a major innovation in accounting in the application of the stages of the company's accounting cycle. The purpose of this study is to evaluate cloud-based accounting systems in terms of compliance with accounting standards, security systems using the Parkerian Hexad theory and the functions of each part of Accurate Online. The form of this research is qualitative and quantitative. The data collection method was carried out by distributing questionnaires and interviews to Accurate Online users. The sample of this research was obtained as many as 113 samples. The results of this study indicate that Accurate Online has passed all levels of technological readiness, and is on a scale of 9 in technological readiness, which has become a trusted cloud-based accounting information system that has proven to be successful in operating the technology, as well as in providing the benefits of ease of management. corporate financial transactions.

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2.2. FORMATION OF AN INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ACCOUNTING REPORTING QUALITY

Audit and Financial Analysis ◽

10.38097/afa.2020.74.94.003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 33-36

Author(s):

Е.Х. Абу

Keyword(s):

Accounting Information ◽

Reporting Quality ◽

Financial Statements ◽

Point Of View ◽

Accounting System ◽

System Quality ◽

Accounting Information Systems ◽

Information Product ◽

Selection Of

В статье определены подходы к выделению учетных объектов в системе качества информационного продукта; выделены основные преимущества использования информационных технологий в информационных системах бухгалтерского; определены направления формирования бухгалтерской информационно-аналитической учетной системы с позиции качества бухгалтерской отчетности. На практике активно применяется концепция реинжиниринга бизнес-процессов, которая позволяет значительно улучшить результативность и отдачу системы бухгалтерского учета. Кардинальная перестройка системы бухгалтерского учета позволяет формировать информацию, на основе которой образуются положительные эффекты в производственном управлении. Область охвата положительных эффектов зависит от радикальности, стоимости и качества выполненных преобразований учетной системы через пользование реинжиниринговыми услугами. Исследования показывают, что одной из важнейших черт описанного подхода к системе бухгалтерского учета является выражение цели функционирования учетной системы через получение конкретного учетного информационного продукта. In the article the approaches to the selection of account objects in the system quality of an information product; the main benefits of using information technology in accounting information systems; determined the directions of formation of accounting information and analytical accounting system in terms of quality of financial statements.

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PELAPORAN AKUNTANSI PADA UMKM CV. CITRA ABADI BATU

Jurnal Pengabdian dan Peningkatan Mutu Masyarakat (Janayu) ◽

10.22219/janayu.v2i1.13297 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 29-40

Author(s):

Sri Wahjuni Latifah ◽

Ahmad Waluya Jati ◽

Agustin Dwi Haryanti

Keyword(s):

Financial Reporting ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Financial Statements ◽

Management Decision ◽

Accounting System ◽

Materials Management ◽

Accounting Information Systems ◽

Management Decision Making ◽

Accounting Software ◽

The Right

Ipteks for the community on the CV.Agro Citra Abadi Batu with the aim of helping partners in order to have a reliable accounting information systems that can provide important information, accurate and timely, so that owners and parties concerned can analyze and take the right decision. Problems of the partners is not yet able to evaluate his performance for not having a system of accounting information to make financial statements. The purpose of this activity is to improve the understanding and knowledge of human resources. The lasting company has to information system of accounting and financial reporting. Besides helping partners in designing the accounting system in accordance with the conditions of the partners. Method to solving the problem: advising system of accounting information based SAK EMKM, discussing, accounting software design,and implementation of accounting software.The results of these activities shows that there is an increased understanding and ability of partners in the field of accounting. Partners can understand and apply the concept of entity references separation of business transactions with private transactions. Proven partners may draw up financial statements, can use the financial statements as the basis for evaluation of performance and can use for materials management decision-making

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Private Cloud Infrastructures for SAP

Management for Professionals - SAP on the Cloud ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-31211-3_8 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 137-166

Author(s):

Michael Missbach ◽

Josef Stelzel ◽

Cameron Gardiner ◽

George Anderson ◽

Mark Tempes

Keyword(s):

Private Cloud ◽

Cloud Infrastructures

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Using Free Software for Elastic Web Hosting on a Private Cloud

Grid and Cloud Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0879-5.ch311 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 733-748

Author(s):

Roland Kübert ◽

Gregory Katsaros

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Real Life ◽

Free Software ◽

Technical Solution ◽

Use Case ◽

Cloud Infrastructure ◽

Private Cloud ◽

Software Applications ◽

Experimental Laboratory ◽

And Storage

Even though public cloud providers already exist and offer computing and storage services, cloud computing is still a buzzword for scientists in various fields such as engineering, finance, social sciences, etc. These technologies are currently mature enough to leave the experimental laboratory in order to be used in real-life scenarios. To this end, the authors consider that the prime example use case of cloud computing is a web hosting service. This paper presents the architectural approach as well as the technical solution for applying elastic web hosting onto a private cloud infrastructure using only free software. Through several available software applications and tools, anyone can build their own private cloud on top of a local infrastructure and benefit from the dynamicity and scalability provided by the cloud approach.

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