September 2006

Value hope and change

September 27, 2006 Humour

And like other pat salesey expressions, they usually suck because they’re implying over the moon expectations…. Just when I’m thinking ‘Yay – I’ve got it cracked on messaging stuff and how the profession will get saved,’ he comes along and delivers a metaphorical smack in the mouth.

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AIM chair blasts out of touch profession

September 27, 2006 Innovation

I don’t often write detailed responses but here is what I said: Damian – some of us have been voicing these concerns for many months across a broad swathe of subject areas. That’s not to be negative about the profession but the sooner it stops trying to ‘live the brand’ and starts acting in an ethical, modern and consistent manner reflective of client needs, the less we’ll see this kind of comment.

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SaaS sucks – sometimes

September 27, 2006 Cloud Computing/SaaS

So now I really can get best in class AND have a platform from which to operate.I like the way Yedda offers me a way of developing, collaborating and sharing new ideas…. But as Rod Boothby says in respect of Yedda though it applies to many of the new ideas that are floating around right now:Requiring a change in behavior will be Yedda’s greatest challenge.And there’s the rub.

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Top 10 ways to dazzle clients

September 27, 2006 General

Stand out for me: Understand And Visualize The Actual Communication Paths Within The Organization While an organizational chart may show the reporting or budgeting hierarchy of an organization, the connections in an online social network create the actual flow of information for an organization. Explicitly creating a social network within the organization can help all members better understand how information gets shared and highlights the areas within the organization that are truly responsible for effecting change, turning the “company directory” into a living, breathing knowledge network.

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Tacit knowledge repositories: where real value resides

September 26, 2006 Innovation

That approach would create a formidable competitive capability—and it is difficult to see how any rival could easily implement the same mix of tacit interactions within its organization and throughout its value chain. That’s where collaboration among professionals both internally and externally could make a quantum difference to a professional’s ability to service clients, improve knowledge and develop client relationships at a level way beyond where we’re at today.

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Sizing the SaaS financial apps market

September 25, 2006 Cloud Computing/SaaS

He says of financial apps: Financials and business admin: The leader here is NetSuite, but don’t discount secondary players such as Intacct or regional players such as UK-based WinWeb or Netherlands-based Twinfield…. I won’t argue with his numbers because I don’t have enough visibility into all the players tough my sense is that he over-estimates right now.

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Important site updates

September 24, 2006 Innovation

You can read individual posts from other sites inside my site or you can click over to the host in which you’re interested. David Tebbutt knows a lot about this and a search on his site will provide lots of information as to how it works and how best to use it.

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The flaws in CODA's speedy close argument

September 23, 2006 Uncategorized

This from a press release by CODA: “Increasing emphasis on compliance and performance management should be driving greater focus on controlling the period close, since it is a critical process that underpins those activities,” said David Turner, Group Marketing Director at CODA…. Questions: Since 70-80% of market value is derived from non-financial and physical assets, that leaves core performance management outside the immediate purview of the finance department.

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Outsourcing IT for SMB – why the debate?

September 22, 2006 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Heck, even the venerable TechCrunch has just spawned an independent venture, TechCrush, which along with Dead 2.0 provide a necessary antidote to much of the hype we see around the so-called next wave of technology…. I believe the lessons we learn today and tomorrow around SaaS, outsourcing and other virtual services in the SMB market will be applied further up the so-called value chain.

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Are US auditors ignoring the law?

September 22, 2006 General

Fast forward to July: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has determined that a large portion of these excessive [Sarbanes-Oxley related] costs can be attributed to compliance processes and audits that were not as effective or efficient as intended…. On audit quality, you can argue the rise in the number of restatements of audited accounts implies that rather than going forward, restatements are an indicator of going backwards or, at the very least, standing still.

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