Innovation

The other day, a colleague who does a lot of yapping on the professional accounting circuit was telling me something that goes a bit like this: ‘the vast majority of professionals are not going to adopt technology early, they’ll wait to see how things shake out.’ That’s probably a fair statement despite the fact I [...]

I imagine that few UK practitioners will be paying much attention to SageSummit but it is instructional on several levels and given that close to 40% of the people who visit AccMan are US based then it would be rude to ignore them. I’m watching from the cheap seats i.e. the Twitterstream and LinkedIn group [...]

One of my key criteria in recommending solutions is whether the vendor is likely to be around the next 3-5 years. This is particularly important when thinking about the newer breed of SaaS solutions and is part of why I try make sure I fully understand the fundamentals of their business models. As an accountant [...]

I’m currently engaged on a large project, part of which requires me to think how accounting solutions might look in 2-3 years time. For ease of reckoning I’m going to say 2015 and trust the number crunchers in the crowd will give me some latitude. The last few years I’ve witnessed extraordinary strides in the [...]