Innovation

Accounting in 2015

July 6, 2011 Innovation

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 [...]

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Is Google Plus for you?

July 5, 2011 Innovation
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If it hasn’t happened already then I’m guessing you’ll be deluged with articles about Google Plus in the coming days. Most articles will fall into two camps: those that think this is all about social networks – a guaranteed turn off for many I know – and those that see a bigger picture. I’m in [...]

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Note to Mark Lee: Twitter works for professionals

June 20, 2011 Innovation

Mark Lee says that Twitter should not be used by professional accountants. Chris Maslin who is a relatively new boy on the block blows that idea out of the water. Chris is an ambitious chap who understands the ‘new’ way of working with customers. But….you decide if Chris is right or whether Mark’s more conservative [...]

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Benefits pitch for cloud apps

June 20, 2011 Innovation

For anyone interested, this is part of the pitch I delivered for the No Nonsense Guide to Cloud Accounting at last week’s CIMA conference. Other parts of that presentation can be found here but I thought that this one really got to the nub of the argument. Also check out Charles Ravenhill’s incisive presentation. Note [...]

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All you need to know about Workbooks

June 15, 2011 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Workbooks has been a sponsor of AccMan for a while but up until recently I had never met the company. Such is the world of the Internet. Anyhoo – this week I took the opportunity to catch up with John Cheney, CEO. We went through the solution, talked about the company and where it’s heading [...]

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Nature abhors a vacuum, Transferwise fills it as does BillGuard

May 26, 2011 Innovation
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It is some time since I referenced Transferwise, a service that passes money between local and offshore bank accounts in whatever currency you need. The other day, they contacted me to find out if I’ve ever tried the service. To my eternal shame I had to say ‘no.’ That changed today. The rate they offer is [...]

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Cloud computing advantages: reason no. 2, business transformation

May 15, 2011 Innovation

Last week, I met Fireclay Tile, a small company based in San Jose California. They use recycled materials to create unique tiles for domestic and industrial use. You have a particular tile design you want? Chances are they’ll make it. I jokingly call it ‘from crap to art.’ The company is using Salesforce.com but not [...]

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BlackBerry, Android or iPhone?

May 15, 2011 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Never in my wildest dreams could I imagine the day would come when I have not one but THREE smartphones. But that’s what I have: BlackBerry, Android and iPhone. It’s necessary when you travel as much as I do. In the video above I explain the broad reasons for doing so. It comes down to [...]

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Dusting off unfashionable RSS

May 4, 2011 Innovation
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Are you getting the right attention? Do you know where the conversations are being held that might impact your firm? Are you encouraging customers to tune in to what you are listening to? A couple of unrelated posts got me thinking about this topic and RSS or Really Simple Syndication. Roll back the clock five [...]

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Microsoft Dynamics – the analyst verdict

April 19, 2011 Innovation

Last week I attended Microsoft Convergence, the company’s annual business applications customer event. Microsoft made a big play about the future of Dynamics and especially the AX (old Axapta) solution. I have written extensively about this elsewhere but felt it would be useful for readers to get the analyst view. In the above conversation, Ray [...]

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