by Richard Messik | Sep 1, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
I am grateful to my friend Mark Davis for spending time with me yesterday and giving me a demonstration of Twinfield. I will not in this blog go through the aspects of the system (I am currently working on a comparison of the various accounting offerings) but what...
by Richard Messik | Aug 17, 2010 | Cloud computing
I have spent the last few days in Copenhagen where I have been visiting the team at E-conomic to discuss their planned updates and ongoing ideas. What struck me as I entered their modern, crisp, and ergonomic offices was the number of people beavering away at various...
by Richard Messik | Aug 3, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
I had an interesting conversation with Jon Stacey of Riley Chartered Accountants.. I first came across Jon’s firm when I read about them on the Google Apps blog where there was a write up on their move to Google Apps and I was interested to discuss with him how...
by Richard Messik | Jul 25, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
@Bookmarklee posted a very interesting item on his excellent Blog site, “No long term future for “Halfway house” firms of accountants. His points, as usual, were well made but I am prompted to add a few further comments. Most mid-size accounting...
by Richard Messik | Jul 24, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
One of the advantages in setting up my new business, RFM Associates is that I now have the opportunity to practice what I have been preaching about setting up a virtual office. Events have proceeded much quicker than I had originally anticipated and I now have Uzma...
by Richard Messik | Jul 3, 2010 | Cloud computing
I spent two days last week at the Cloud Computing World Forum at Olympia. I am grateful to David Terrar for arranging for me to chair two panel sessions. Although the exhibition stands at the conference were heavily biased to the technical side of the cloud (I must...