June 2009

New threads at AccountingWeb but several steps back

June 24, 2009 General

In its first major redesign in more than 10 years, AccountingWeb has undergone a substantial makeover. They are soliciting feedback so here it goes. I like they’ve taken a more modern approach with a more graphical ‘feel.’ It’s fresh and easier on the eye than the previous version. In the process they’ve taken several retrograde [...]

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SaaS prices going up?

June 24, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

FOWA Tour- Roan Lavery View more Microsoft Word documents from Carsonified Team. The last couple of weeks I’ve been hearing a familiar sound: how do saas/on-demand businesses find a good business model? Each place I go I have heard the same question or a close approximation. This is important if you’re thinking about vendor viability. [...]

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What can we learn from Obama?

June 24, 2009 Innovation

I don’t mean here and now because at the moment he’s fouling things up. I mean when he undertook his campaign? Ben Kepes is at the Enterprise 2.0 jamboree. His piece that talks about my.barackobama.com: The Secrets of Obama’s New Media Juggernaut is one of the best matchings I’ve seen that illustrates the relationship between [...]

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I've set up a TV channel

June 24, 2009 General

The last few months I’ve cut a number of videos, some of which are seen here, others, elsewhere. In the coming months, I will be shooting a lot more video. They deserve their own home. So this where it is: AccMan TV. It needs a tidying up but that can wait. I hope you enjoy [...]

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Heard about WebExpenses?

June 24, 2009 Innovation

The other week while in Amsterdam, I met with Sanjay Parekh, CEO of WebExpenses. For those that don’t know, WebExpenses simplifies and automates expense processing including coverage for different tax rules. How cool is that? Check out his business model and also what he says about servicing those customers. It really gives you a glimpse [...]

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Another race to the bottom?

June 24, 2009 Marketing

Tom Foremski has written a thought provoking piece talking about how the internet has ‘devalued everything.’ One of the more stark examples he offers is Craigslist: Take a look at the classified ads business. The Pew Center reports that in 2000 this was a $19.6 billion a year business. In 2008 it had fallen to [...]

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Pegasus offers huge discounts but leaves questions unanswered

June 22, 2009 Innovation

In a press release that just floated across my desk: Pegasus Software, a leading supplier of accounting and business software to SMEs in the UK and Ireland, today announced the launch of Scrap IT – an initiative for the UK market which offers businesses a 40% discount on Pegasus Opera II when they trade in [...]

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Invest now

June 22, 2009 Tax and Ethics

It is rare that I disagree with Mark Lee but his post on the future of the profession at AccountingWEB struck a nerve with me. In talking about International Standards on Auditing, Mark said: Audit firms will need to invest in new training and systems to comply, but there won’t be any additional fees so [...]

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BDO International can breathe again

June 22, 2009 Featured

I’ve been off the grid the last few days and only just catching up. So it seems BDO International escaped the knock on effect of the $522 million judgment against BDO Seidman in the Banco Espiritu Santo (BES) case. The case, which fell in two parts was effectively torpedoed when Miami-Dade Circuit Judge John Schlesinger [...]

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We're not the only ones

June 17, 2009 Tax and Ethics

Many readers will know that Richard Murphy, Francince McKenna and myself are sharp critics of the profession for one reason or another. Today I stumbled upon Michael Ramos who writes the EyeShade blog. One post entitled: Is the accounting profession like GM (with the implied bankruptcies that might lead to) caught my eye: I’ve been [...]

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