The Cloud – a silver lining?

When I first became involved with Cloud Computing about 9 years ago (I didn’t realise it was called Cloud Computing then let alone SaaS!), Easycounting was one of the only internet accounting models arround. The major issue then was convincing practitioners that...

Cloud Computing – becoming mainstream?

A four page spread on Cloud Computing in last week’s Sunday Times magazine was an interesting event. The fact that a major piece of coverage was given to the concept was interesting in itself, but has Cloud Computing become sufficiently mainstream that a major...

ITV – not keeping up with the times

The news that ITV has sufferred from a loss in advertising revenues is not really surpriisng. Obviously, the current recession will have been a major factor but so would the change in in peoples viewing habits.With an increase in the use of systems such as Sky +,...

Technology – then and now.

Looking back at over 30+years in the profession, it is fascinating to see how the technology has evolved over that time. I remember when I was under articles (as it was quaintly called) that we weren’t allowed to use the one armed bandit type adding machines...