by Richard Messik | Jun 8, 2011 | Cloud computing, Technology
The announcement by Apple of its soon to be launched iCloud service is significant on many levels. Cutting through the hype that usually surrounds any new launch by Apple (they have written the manual on effective marketing and PR!) there is a serious statement of...
by Richard Messik | May 16, 2011 | Accountants, Technology
….not my words, but those of Microsoft on the launch of their new online application Office 365. The cynical amongst us might say that Microsoft have taken an “if you can’t beat them, join them approach” as they begin to appreciate the major...
by Richard Messik | May 1, 2011 | Cloud computing, Technology
Sitting in my aircraft seat , waiting for takeoff on my latest E-conomic trip (more of that later), I am reflecting on the Cloud journey that has occurred over the last twelve months or so. I predicted that 2011 would be the year of the Cloud and I have seen nothing...
by Richard Messik | Mar 30, 2011 | Cloud computing, Technology
I have spent the last few weeks travelling around the country and speaking at a number of 2020 group seminars on Cloud Computing and online accounting. It has certainly been an interesting experience. What has been noticeable from the outset is the sea change in the...
by Richard Messik | Feb 2, 2011 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
When I first set up my new practice – RFM Associates – about six months ago, I wrote a blog entitled the Virtual Office, giving a brief overview of how I was operating in a virtual environment. I thought I would revisit the subject to see how things have...
by Richard Messik | Dec 11, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
As the year draws to a close ( I am certain that someone has nicked a few days from it, it has gone so quickly), I started to think what 2011 would bring as far as the Cloud was concerned and how accountancy practices in the second decade of the new millenium should...
