Software as a service

As IRIS World approaches, IRIS reports revenue flat, profits up

October 1, 2010 General
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Next week I will be attending IRIS World. It will be heavy on XBRL – as it should be – but I am looking forward to seeing Phill Robinson, MD IRIS APS and Ed Molyneux, CEO FreeAgent Central. They will be doing a ‘dog and pony’ that is rumoured to include them demonstrating the passing [...]

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Sage hikes Accountants' Club fees, shoots self in face

September 29, 2010 General
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While the trend in software is for flat or reduced cost, Sage thinks it can buck the market by increasing Accountant Club fees. From AccountingWeb’s Any Answers: Sage have just increased my accountants club from £645 to £800. What a cheek. They say I am getting lots of extra benefits – but I don’t want [...]

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ICAEW Cloud Computing for Accountants, report 4: Horses for courses and customization

September 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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In this 3 min 10 sec video segment, the user panel talks about what they might have done differently and why selecting the right solution matters depending on size and requirements. Rex Harrison starts the discussion by talking about wishing he’d spent more time planning but then that’s a common issue in almost all implementations. [...]

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ICAEW Cloud Computing for Accountants, report 3 – SaaS training and benefits

September 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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Once again we have the user panel talks candidly about issues that require consideration when selecting SaaS solutions in this 3 min 1 sec segment. John O’Nolan talks about the embedded video help provided by FreeAgent. Rex Harrison and Gary White take a different position. They both said that switching from (say) Sage to the [...]

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SaaS benefits part 436

September 22, 2010 Innovation
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The other day Phil Wainewright declared: I’ve set myself a new task of going out and evangelizing to business people why they should adopt cloud computing and services. It’s not simply about cloud computing being faster, cheaper, better than conventional platforms. More than all of that, cloud computing, when it’s done right, frees businesses to [...]

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KashFlow's Orbit: a work in progress

September 16, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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When I first started this weblog, one of the things I wanted to see was a portal that integrated client information at multiple levels along with collaborative working, the ability to fuse tax information and final accounts preparation plus a document repository into a single repository. Earlier today (US time – I’m in the Bay [...]

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Sage evasive about SaaS offering

September 8, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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The other day, the Twitterverse started humming about Sage allegedly touting a SaaS accounting solution priced at £9.99/month to sit alongside SagePay. It had to be Duane Jackson, CEO KashFlow and self appointed Sage baiter. Sage’s move sort of makes sense given the potential value in payment processing solutions for small business. I’d not heard [...]

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Why Sage will continue to lose momentum

September 6, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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Over the weekend I’ve been reading extracts from Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd. It is one of the very few business books I am definitely buying.  Youngme Moon makes a stack of observations that resonate with me. If you’ve seen my Tweetstream from Sunday afternoon then you’ll know what I mean. Here’s a sampling of [...]

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Kashflow tinkers with the user interface: an exclusive peek

August 31, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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I’ve known for some time that Kashflow is refactoring its user interface. Both Duane Jackson, CEO Kashflow and I agree that in its current iteration it is out of date and by making changes, he hopes this will encourage more people to come on board. User interfaces are always the subject of much angst among [...]

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