Business Two Zero

John Stokdyk refers to the great SaaS debate that we had earlier in the year within the pages of AccountingWEB in his IT Zone roundup of 2006.  He refers to Dennis Howlett and myself as evangelists for the topic, and their own David Carter, who thinks SaaS is all “just hot air”.  John thinks that: […]

About 4 weeks ago I wrote up a few preliminary thoughts on Blogtronix, following a long, late night (for me!) session with George Athannassov and John West, but I’ve finally had time to do a fuller write up. One of the frustrations of the current web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0 world is that there are great […]

First I have to disclose that this post is a shameless advert for what we do, as well as a plug for one my clients.  At last night’s awards ceremony, my good friends at Goodman Jones won  this year’s Accountancy Age awards in the category “Best use of internet by a Practice“.  They are an […]

First I have to disclose that this post is a bit of a shameless advert for what we do, as well as a plug for one my clients.  My good friends at Goodman Jones have been shortlisted for this year’s Accountancy Age awards in the category “Best use of internet: Practice”.  They are an ideal […]

I’ve been asked to write an article on Wikis for the National Business 2 Business Centre in Warwick, so I thought it was about time I wrote BTZ’s insider’s guide to wikis, which you will now find on the site resources in the left column.  I’m really keen on the wiki concept.  We’ve been using […]

Following my last post on CRM, Dennis Howlett posted a comment which triggered some off-line discussion.  Dennis, in common with many I know, has a real downer on anything CRM related because of bad experiences in the past, and because the acronym itself is associated with a particular set of technology, when it should stand […]

Back on 2nd March Rob Derry posted a question on AccountingWEB’s Any Answers, trying to track down a survey he remembered seeing that asked business owners what they wanted from their accountants.  I only saw the item on the 6th, and was surprised on 2 counts: that he hadn’t been able to find any reference […]

One of my clients who is moving in to online accounting has decided to set up a shared resource for his business systems team, partners, and managers to share documentation, tips and ideas on the new topic - great idea!  Unlike some people you find in practice or industry, he’s just cracked on and done […]

Elsewhere, Dennis and I have been talking about creating a Wiki encyclopaedia for UK/Europe SME businesses.  This morning he asked me about how we use Wiki technology in our business, and I related this story.  I wanted to set up an intranet for the partners and sales offices who sell Twinfield outside of the Netherlands […]

I’ve just spent 90 minutes talking to Sigurd Rinde who was showing me his Thingamy thingamy.  The name of the product obviously comes from the fact that it isn’t easy to define, and doesn’t fit in to any current pigeon hole.  This is a technology that you could use to build an application, very quickly, […]