by Richard Messik | Jun 22, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
When I qualified more years ago than I care to remember and joined the family firm of Bellman Messik as the third generation of Messik accountants, I rather thought that this was a job for life. As we all know, Life is what happens when you are making other plans and...
by Richard Messik | Jun 19, 2010 | Cloud computing
A headline in the Times business news of Friday 18th June reads: “Investors thankful for Sage’s wisdom in steering clear of the clouds” The article itself goes on to explain that Intuit which “..has been quick to embrace the new world of...
by Richard Messik | May 22, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
There has recently been a flurry of comment on the AccountingWeb Cloud – Accounting discussion group. Much of it is the same, somewhat depressing, comments from the gainsayers coming up with the same old negative responses to the whole concept of using the Cloud...
by Richard Messik | May 6, 2010 | Cloud computing
@Duanejackson’s excellent blog today highlights the amazing comments by the CEO of Sage about SAAS. He quotes: “As Sage put out their results yesterday, their CEO said: “Well, many of the people who’ve launched SaaS products in the last four/five...
by Richard Messik | May 1, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
I am grateful to @garyturner for drawing my attention to an article in Wikipedia on Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers a marketing book by Geoffrey A. Moore that focuses on the specifics of marketing high tech products...
by Richard Messik | Apr 24, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
I had a meeting the other day with a new client to discuss setting her up on E-conomic.As it happened the office boardrooms were fully booked, so armed with my trusty Acer netbook, we de-camped to the local Cafe Rouge and had our meeting there. Meeting in the...
