June 2009

NetBooks rebrands to WorkingPoint, hopes to create waves

June 30, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

The other evening I spoke with Tate Holt, CEO of WorkingPoint, the rebranded NetBooks. He told me that while the concepts behind NetBooks were fine, the execution was less than perfect. As a result, the company has spent the last year going back to the drawing board, figuring out what start up and very small [...]

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Never fear transparency

June 30, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Xero had an outage last evening UK time, 8.15am in New Zealand. The outage lasted 45 minutes and was attributed to data centre issues at Rackspace Dallas, its hosting provider. Xero isn’t alone. The Rackspace issue spread to others. As you can see from the sponsored feeds, the company kept users informed via its blog [...]

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PWC: 'We didn't audit Satyam'

June 30, 2009 Tax and Ethics

There are few things that leave me gobsmacked but the above headline from Times of India is up there among stuff that requires a double take. The detail: The questioning of Ramesh Rajan, chairman and CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers, India (PwC) by CBI last week, has revealed that the Satyam balance sheets were in fact audited [...]

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My Diigo Bookmarks 06/29/2009

June 29, 2009 Asides

Jon Reed on SAP Consulting – Making Sense of Value Scenarios: Lessons from Sapphire 2009 Jon Reed’s analysis is useful for those wishing to understand the difference between advanced service SAP is offering. But I’m not sure we understand the cost implications tags: no_tag Post #e2conf thoughts – installment 2. More thoughts on E2.0 – [...]

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Weekend musing: sponsor success

June 27, 2009 General

As we come towards the end of June it’s good to see some of this site’s sponsors doing really well or introducing new ideas to the market. I make no apology for pimping what they’re doing because they are pointing the way to where we’re all going to be: FreeAgent Central nominated for a gong [...]

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Weekend stuff: scary movie

June 27, 2009 Humour

A friend sent me a link to this video that will be put out on Spanish TV on 24th July. Part of the video talks about LeWeb 3.0, one of my favourite annual events. At 10 mins and 47 secs, this image appears. Scary stuff.

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My Diigo Bookmarks 06/27/2009

June 27, 2009 Asides

Speedtest.net – The Global Broadband Speed Test Telefonica sux tags: no_tag Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Comply or else

June 25, 2009 Tax and Ethics

The FT reports push back on the FRC’s ‘comply or explain’ boardroom code: The companies are seeking a change in the code’s underlying principle of “comply or explain”. This principle, which has influenced similar codes round the world, requires companies to meet guidelines of best practice or explain publicly why not. Companies believe that the [...]

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Future profession: Emily Coltman recommends others if she can't help

June 25, 2009 Featured

Emily Coltman is a walking talking example of the next generation of professional accountants. She’s on Twitter, runs two blogs, makes videos and now provides specialist services for home based businesses. If she can’t help you for one reason or another then she can recommend colleagues. This is what her web site says: Want a [...]

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