by Richard Messik | Oct 17, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
I spent Thursday and Friday last week in Birmingham where I attended the 2020 Group annual conference. I was assisting E-conomic on their exhibition stand but did have the opportunity to sit in on a few of the sessions. The theme of the conference was “The...
by Richard Messik | Oct 3, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
I have just attended the ICAEW XBRL roadshow at Moorgate Place (I seem to be spending a lot of time there lately). The roadshow was attended by 150 delegates from both profession and industry and was an enlightening overview of what must be the biggest change in...
by Richard Messik | Sep 29, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
It is interesting – and indeed, positive – that my recent blog on the ICAEW Cloud Conference held on Friday 24th September caused such debate. Debate is good – especially when it is of a positive nature. I don’t wish to prolong the debate...
by Richard Messik | Sep 25, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
As I mentioned in my recent post, I attended the ICAEW’s Cloud Conference on Friday 24th September. I had mentioned that I did not have high hopes for this and sadly my concerns were justified – but not, interestingly, for the reasons I had feared. Firstly...
by Richard Messik | Sep 20, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
Last week, I was asked at short notice to speak at one of the sessions at the Finance Directors Summit held at Hook in Hampshire. I was asked to speak and chair a discussion on the future of mobile computing and the cloud and in a room of about 30 FD’s from...
by Richard Messik | Sep 6, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
I have spent an interesting day at the Speciality and Fine Foods Fair at Olympia where my wife, Marilyn, has been speaking on marketing at one of the small business forums. As well as eating myself silly with all the wonderful samples on offer, I did do some useful...