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 8, 2010 | Accountants
As the dust begins to settle on the implosion of Vantis, it is perhaps opportune to look back and consider some of the lessons that might be learnt from the unseemly fall of a top 20 accountancy firm. No doubt in time, we may learn more of what really caused its...
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...