by Richard Messik | Dec 21, 2009 | Cloud computing
It is hard to believe that we are almost at the close of the first decade of the new millenium – it seemed like yesterday that we were panicking about the millenium bug and preparing for the armageddon that would surely follow.The Web, came into its own and with...
by Richard Messik | Dec 5, 2009 | Cloud computing
I had intended to attend the AccountingWeb Cloud Computing forum, but urgent client matters intervened and unfortunately I couldn’t make it. From all accounts it was a pretty successful day and well attended.A lot has already been written about the fringe event...
by Richard Messik | Nov 22, 2009 | Cloud computing
I gave an online demonstration to a potential new client the other day of e-conomic our preferred online accounting system. As well as the client, one of my partners from another office was also joining in on the conference. I used a piece of software called...
by Richard Messik | Nov 8, 2009 | Cloud computing
At the commencement of the millenium (doesn’t that seem a long time ago!),my practice handled a large number of IT contractors who were notoriously poor in sending in their accounting information. We looked at a number of different ways to facilitate this...
by Richard Messik | Oct 25, 2009 | Cloud computing
With the rapidly increasing maturity of the Cloud, the ever growing advantages of the concept become more obvious. There are now so many Cloud based applications available that if required a business could be run without ever needing to resort to the basic Windows...
by Richard Messik | Oct 14, 2009 | Cloud computing
I have just returned from Softworld. I went this year as, for the first time, it was highlighting Cloud Computing and there was obviously a great deal of interest in the topic. There were a number of Masterclass presentations and it was good to see that the main one I...
by Richard Messik | Oct 10, 2009 | Cloud computing
I met with a new client the other day. He is setting up a new business and had been introduced to me by an investor. Once we had dealt with the formal aspects of the meeting, the type of vehicle, tax issues and the like, we got to talking about his technology needs...
by Richard Messik | Sep 26, 2009 | 1
As readers of my previous blogs will know, I am an unashamed technogeek. I make no apologies for this – sad as it is for a 50 something chartered accountant – but I like to think it is one of my few vices and mostly harmless, if not, at times, somewhat...
by Richard Messik | Sep 20, 2009 | 1
I am a relative newbe when it comes to Twitter. With a modest 90+ followers I am a long way from the likes of @StephenFry or even @BookMarkLee who has written an excellent summary of the way that he uses Twitter. However, I thought that I would add my halfpenny worth...
by Richard Messik | Sep 17, 2009 | 1
I have fallen foul of the old adage “if something seems too good to be true, it probably is”. In my case it was responding to an advert in the Sunday Times which offers to give you cash for your old mobile phone. Being the unashamed geek that I am, I have...
