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Benefits of cloud accounting

We often hear about how the SMB SaaS/cloud accounting vendors are driving value for the very small 'mom and pop' shops. Now we're starting to hear from early adopters of more 'grown up' solutions. In this short video, Sallie Kennedy, CFO at The Compliance Team Inc describes a couple of ...

How online services crush everything

I'm part way through a complex travel schedule. Anything that relieves the pain of organizing flights, hotels, transfers and meetings is a massive bonus. Yesterday I wrote on IT Counts about TripIt and how it helps me solve these problems. I also mentioned ExpenseBay, a service I've just started to ...

Pay to play does cut it?

David Dobrin picked up my theme on whether 'pay to play' does cut it in the 21st century. David's analysis is generally geared more towards providing insight for the investment community rather than either the buy (customer) or sell (vendor) side in the world of IT analysis. I've known David ...

AccountingWeb’s pay to play arm twister for SaaS players

Some of the SaaS vendors have forwarded me an email they received from AccountingWeb which says: The following is an invitation to take part in a major product for the SaaS market next year and beyond. In response to overwhelming demand from both our members and the vendor community AccountingWEB is proud ...

Xero’s half year: a good result

Last Friday I fielded a quick call with Hamish Edwards and Gary turner of Xero while stood in the pouring rain on a London street. It was the only place I could get a decent connection. Anyhoo, Hamish talked through the results. By the numbers: Operating revenues from customers of $1.3m, ...

GJ goes iPhone

Last Friday I met with Philip Woodgate, partner with Goodman Jones. Imagine my surprise when he hauled out an iPod Touch. I thought he was a Blackberry dude. It turns out that when GJ's Blackberry contract came up for renewal, the IT department re-evaluated options and decided that iPhone was ...

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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST

tecosystems » Is the Hourly Model Broken?
Very badly broken

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

SAP Users: Support Debate Isn't Over - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
This reflects the kind of thing I am seeing in the conversations I've had with users. The problems isn't going away. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cio.com%2Farticle%2F443602%2FSAP_Users_Support_Debate_Isn_t_Over
SAP: Financials Are Rosy, But Trouble Is Brewing in the Ecosystem | Advice and Opinion
SAP: Financials Are Rosy, But Trouble Is Brewing in the Ecosystem | Advice and Opinion
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fadvice.cio.com%2Fthomas_wailgum%2Fsap_financials_are_rosy_but_trouble_is_brewing_in_the_ecosystem%3Fpage%3D0%252C1
SandHill.com | Opinion : C.K. Prahalad on the New Age of Innovation
Looking up (and down) at the blogosphere’s ivory tower ¦ Online Media Cultist
A case study in myopia - check the highlighted section and my notes. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fonlinemediacultist.com%2F2008%2F08%2F14%2Flooking-up-and-down-at-the-blogospheres-ivory-tower
Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? - O'Reilly Radar
This really is a bad idea - internal linking is another form of navel gazing Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fradar.oreilly.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fis-linking-to-yourself-the-future-of-the-web.html
Corporate Income Taxes - Gross Stupidity at the NY Times | Venture Chronicles
They do need some accounting types on the job. This really is daft reporting at its most egregious

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Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Businesses deliberately cheating U.S. out of $40 billion in payroll taxes - Financial Week
What surprises me is that the figure isn't higher.

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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Seth's Blog: Are you in the tribe?
I'm wondering whether Seth has jumped the shark with this stunt
Who Is Your Information Filter? « I’m Not Actually a Geek
Interesting concept but not one with which I wholly concur
SAP: Oracle Software Support from TomorrowNow to End - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership
This is ot going away. The industry is in for a torrid time
Congratulations to the OpenWorld Session Winners | Oracle AppsLab
Now this is a bit different - driven by community
HMRC Is Shite: IT Is Not Our Business - PAYE Cock Up
Ken taking the pish - in his own inimitable style
FT.com / Companies / Media
The gruesome reality of being in the public gaze