Tea to TechnologyEnglish • 12 hours ago$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-link$16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet.www.theregister.comTea to TechnologyEnglish • 12 hours agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•11 hours agoHonestly, that’s fine. This may be a wild take, but they grew and their usage of excel obviously didn’t hold them back, what’s the issue?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•6 hours agoThe fact that excel lacks any sort of auditing or access controls. The fact that any corruption in the file could lead to the company not knowing what money goes where and who’s been paid and who owes them money.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 hours ago'Why do we need a backup when we have a RAID?" The accounting head when you try to explain that your backup systems are woefully insufficient.
Honestly, that’s fine. This may be a wild take, but they grew and their usage of excel obviously didn’t hold them back, what’s the issue?
The fact that excel lacks any sort of auditing or access controls. The fact that any corruption in the file could lead to the company not knowing what money goes where and who’s been paid and who owes them money.
Excel or not, they should be using backups.
'Why do we need a backup when we have a RAID?"
The accounting head when you try to explain that your backup systems are woefully insufficient.