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 | Oct 7, 2011 | Cloud computing, e-conomic, Technology
All publicity is good publicity the old adage goes – however I was a little surprised by the response of some commentators – namely Adrian Pearson and Denis Howlett – to the recent announcement by E-conomic of the launch of their accountants’ club. I...
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 | Sep 24, 2011 | Cloud computing, Technology
David Terrar and I share a passionate belief in the Cloud and all it represents, together with a frustration as to how it is explained to a broadly sceptical professional world. As a result we joined together to form Cloud Advocates – our mission to explain the...
