by Richard Messik | Oct 22, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing, e-conomic
As the HLB conference in Beijing draws to a close it is time to reflect on the events of the last few days. Apart from Beijing itself – more of which later – the conference itself has been a great success. What has been apparent is the level of genuine...
by Richard Messik | Oct 20, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing
The first thing that struck me on arriving in Beijing was the sheer modernity of everything. Not what one thinks of when it comes to China. The airport is hi-tec and enormous as is the infrastructure that surrounds it. This is enhanced on the drive into Beijing...
by Richard Messik | Oct 18, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing, e-conomic, Technology
I have just returned from exhibiting with E-conomic at the 2020 annual conference in Birmingham where we spent the day on the E-conomic stand. I can’t believe that its a year since I commented on the last conference – time certainly flies when you are...
by Richard Messik | Sep 24, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing
At the recent Cloud Advocates seminar – Cloud Accounting for the 21st Century – debunking the myths one of the speakers was Mark Lee known to many in the social media sphere as an enthusiastic user of Twitter and consummate blogger. He gave an entertaining...
by Richard Messik | Jun 25, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
I had a busy couple of days last week – on Wednesday I chaired one of the morning sessions at the 3rd Cloud Computing World Forum at Olympia and on Thursday I led one of the breakout sessions at the Accountancy Age Best Practice conference. Both were enjoyable...
by Richard Messik | Jun 14, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
So Wolters Kluwer has acquired Twinfield, the Netherlands based online accounting provider. Wolters Kluwer who have CCH, the current owners of what was Viztopia, in their stable have made the first foray into the Cloud acquisition arena – others will surely...