Cloud Computing/SaaS

LiquidAccounts illiquid?

February 2, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Rumours have been circulating that Liquid Accounts is going through tough times. Filings at Companies House reveal that Matt Holmes and his partner Lisa Kendrick parted with the company back in October 2011. The filling was not made until 15th December 2011. The company also filed notice of new debentures in the names of other [...]

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Is there an app for that?

January 30, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

2012 travel has kicked off in earnest. I’ve already visited four countries, am about to embark on the first of three short trips all to be completed in the next 11 days with the prospect of serious long haul just around the corner. I’m more than glad that I have TripIt (Pro version) on my mobile [...]

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Xero doubles up but challenges remain – and they’re not alone

January 30, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

As the ‘big dog’ in the SaaS/cloud accounting space, it is always interesting to hear an update from Xero. The main numbers: Operating revenue for the full year ended 31 March 2012 will double 2011 (which was $9.3m). Committed Monthly Revenue (CMR) is now $1.75m or $21m annualized. We’re delighted that 50% of CMR is [...]

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Messik expands via the cloud

January 17, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Last week I saw this Tweet from Richard Messik: Just taken on another overseas client – using E-conomic in Denmark and want to use it for their UK venture. For all the downsides to globalisation (and there are plenty,) the internet has opened up markets that were unavailable to the average practitioner. The only way [...]

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Move over naysayers

January 11, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

A frequent concern I hear is that there are risks attached to running cloud services because many are physically located outside the EU and that in any event, data protection legislation renders the use of them inadvisable at best. It is actually something of a grey area because providers could always offer ‘safe harbor’ statements. [...]

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Twelve steps to writing the quintessential blog post

January 9, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Following on from my ‘why blogging isn’t dead‘ post it struck me that’s all very well but then I can’t count the number of professionals both those who are connected to marketing and what I would call functional experts who have come to me saying they find it really hard to write posts. It’s not [...]

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Addressing SaaS concerns: NetSuite

January 7, 2012 Cloud Computing/SaaS

The lack of a coherent set of answers to common SaaS questions has been a topic of continued complaint in AccMan stories. That might just be changing. Over the holiday period I read Tom Foydel’s NetSuite OneWorld Implementation 2011 R2 paper. It runs to 368 pages and while I wont pretend to have consumed it [...]

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CurrencyCloud solves the FX problem

December 9, 2011 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I can’t count the number of people who have come to me asking how they can manage dealing in multiple currencies. Anyone who works with more than one currency knows the problem: exchange rates are volatile but at the same time banks do not operate a transparent method of allowing you to see the margins [...]

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Sage results show anaemic response to cloud

December 1, 2011 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Yesterday was Sage analyst day for those worthy enough to get a seat at the company’s results session with financial and (some) industry pundits. I’m not among that exalted crowd though my spies provided plenty of insight. If you’re a stock picker/investor then there is only one reason to be putting money into Sage shares [...]

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2012, the year the practice died?

November 21, 2011 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Late last week, Gary Tuner pointed to an article in AccountancyAge which implies 2012 could be a watershed year for firms in practice. It struck me the issues to which the article allude have long been known. It’s just that it is hard  to get accountants to pay attention to the right things. After all, [...]

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