October 2008

My Diigo Bookmarks 10/30/2008

October 30, 2008 Asides

Finextra: JPMorgan moves to cut IT contractor bills Sign of the times. 15% is a fair whack. tags: finextra Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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More Apple interest and Microsoft disappointment

October 29, 2008 General

Robin Bloor, a research analyst I seem to have known forever reckons that Apple is on a roll and could build on its momentum to capture a significant share of the laptop market: According to Apple’s COO, Tim Cook, about one third of the money spent on computers through US retail (31.3% if you want [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 10/29/2008

October 29, 2008 Asides

Five Things About SAP’s Strategy That You Need to Know – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership For anyone reviewing their SAP strategy, this is a good introduction. Don’t forget the maintenance cost and lock-in. tags: SAP Twitter developer claims the ‘the internet is built wrong’ | Negative Approach – CNET News If you’re a follower [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 10/28/2008

October 28, 2008 Asides

Why we should ban abbreviated accounts for small companies. By Richard Murphy – 23 Oct 2008 Nope – don’t agree on this occasion. Looking through the rear view mirror is NOT the way to go IMO. tags: accounts MacBook Pro Tradeoffs | Venture Chronicles Battery life (sigh)That’s a bummer. OK – so no new MBP [...]

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Xero: great traction but at what cost?

October 28, 2008 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I’ve just had a good look at Xero’s 6 month numbers to 30th September, 2008. 2,200 paying customers paying $NZ 333,000 = growth of 978% Operating loss: $NZ 3.465 million The company says results are in line with expectations. Be that as it may, the cash burn rate is a heavy burden for a company [...]

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Women and leadership

October 27, 2008 Asides

I rarely get the chance to write about women. That’s hardly a surprise in our male dominated profession. An opportunity presented itself on Friday and I could not let it pass. Here’s the piece. Nine women, nine perspectives. No editing necessary. More than anything, I am delighted they took the time to pen something on [...]

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CCH survey: I've got it all wrong

October 27, 2008 General

Courtesy of CCH, I received a press release that contains thse findings: “CCH has found that accountants are still unfairly branded as being behind the times. Highlights of the report include: ·         28% of the general public recognises accountancy as a dynamic profession where new technologies are embraced compared to 53% of all accountants. ·         [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 10/26/2008

October 26, 2008 Asides

SAP – SAP Ventures: Investment Portfolio Companies Interesting to see where SAP Ventures puts its money tags: SAP Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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My Diigo Bookmarks 10/25/2008

October 25, 2008 Asides

SaaS to grow by more than a quarter : Industry News : News : BCS That’s probably because they’ve been asking the wrong questions tags: saas Why Blogging Makes A Difference – bpodr UK Intresting discussion of my Web 2.0 dust up over at Chris Brogan’s place tags: web2.o, oreilly, chrisbrogan Posted from Diigo. The [...]

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