Innovation

Bigging it up for BlueAnt

July 30, 2008 General

The other week I happened across an analyst presentation by Michael Cote of Redmonk. Michael’s a really nice guy and knows his stuff – always a good combination. Anyhoo – he’d tipped up at Porter Novelli, a PR/AR company, to present about how his firm does their thing. In true open source fashion, Michael put [...]

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The cost of saas accounting

July 23, 2008 Cloud Computing/SaaS

One of the key benefits put forward by the SaaS operators is the reduction in total cost of ownership because the saas vendors offer a rental model and the service is accessible via a web browser. Without commenting on feature/functions or relative bang per buck, I’ve set out the monthly per user cost from some [...]

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WordPress 2.6: much to like

July 16, 2008 General

Want to know about the new WordPress 2.6 features? Check out the video above (courtesy of Andy Roberts) Andy asserts that WordPress is taking on more of a wiki feel and declares that to be goodness. I agree. But then I could flip the coin and use something like DekiWiki. More about which later Some [...]

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Design and SEO rap

July 16, 2008 General

Courtesy of Paul Biggs. Bonus link to Sam Lawrence for the hat tip and some great (and easy) ideas around how you can monitor attention.

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What does the iPhone 3G mean to you?

July 14, 2008 General

When I attended the Mobile World Congress earlier in the year, I was bitterly disappointed to find very little innovation. Within hours of the iPhone 3G coming out, I see applications for things like Oracle Business Indicators and Salesforce.com popping up in the iPhone AppStore. Earlier in the year CODA2Go talked about the potential for [...]

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What if…there was no audit?

July 6, 2008 General

The other week, Francine McKenna predicted: When another one bites the dust: I say “when” not “if” since Jim Peterson and I agree most strongly on this: Another large firm will fail soon. Soon, to me, means in 1-3 years, not 5-8 or 10-13. That’s one heck of a prediction but it raises the question [...]

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Patience is a virtue, but only one

June 26, 2008 General

IDC analyyst Rachel Happe is one of the sharpest tacks on the analyst block. I know because I had her on my microblogging panel at Enterprise 2.0 earlier in the month where she rattled out facts and explanations that added genuine value to the conversation. So her post: Do Enterprises Have the Patience to Develop [...]

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This gets my attention

June 26, 2008 General

The other day, my good friend Vinnie gave me a hard time over my position regarding SAP Business ByDesign. That’s cool. We’d both rather take positions and then slug it out. Neither of us is wrong nor right but the debates matter because it’s one way that readers can decide for themselves what is most [...]

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Arithmo: fail

June 19, 2008 General

According to John Stokdyk: Accountants themselves are leading the charge. The Stockport-based firm of TWD has been operating its TWD Online service for more than a year and boasts more than 1,000 users. They include users recruited from the firm’s client base and people who have come in through its links with MSN, AOL Money [...]

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Software plus tax advice. Whatever next?

June 19, 2008 General

Although I no longer have day to day involvement with FreeAgent, it’s good to see the lads taking the service forward. The latest innovation is the inclusion of tax tips into the blog. Of itself you might think this is no big deal but that’s a huge mistake. Here’s why: Chris Thomas of OneAccounting is [...]

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