Accounting Software
The revolution in accounting software from desktop-based software to Web-based applications (hosted "in the cloud") are changing the entire industry. It's time for every organization to see what the implications are on security, efficiency and productivity.
Cloud-Based Services
Cloud-based services refer to software or other applications that are entirely hosted and managed in a remote location. For example, Yahoo! mail and other Web-based email services were early cloud services, while cloud-based word processesors, CRMs and data storage arrived later in the Web technology evolution.
Cloud Insanity - Mistakes of the Past
I enjoyed Mike Kavis’s post, Cloud Insanity - Focusing on all the wrong things, again, especially his definition: "Cloud Insanity - To repeat the same behaviors that caused SOA to fail and expect a different result." How true.
Questions not answers make great employee performa
Questions and not the answers you provide create the most powerful employee performance reviews.Think about learning to drive a car - someone could tell you what to do until they were blue in the face, but it wasn't until you physically sat in the...
Read more about Questions not answers make great employee performance reviews...CPAs Need An Industrial Revolution
I liked the cover story in this week's Accounting Today - See Ya CD's, Software as a Service is Finally Catching On - by Liz Gold. She is on to...
Read more about CPAs Need An Industrial Revolution...Avoiding Middle Management
Jason Kottke wrote a post earlier this week on solutions for avoiding middle management, and he made reference to Adaptive Path’s advocacy program. Some folks emailed me directly for more information, so I thought I’d share a bit more about how the...
Read more about Avoiding Middle Management...Comparing observed behavior to project management
Coming back from a vacation is never easy. I have been trying to finish this post for the last week and time was just in short supply. Anyhow, I have finally caught up and gotten back to normal. In the last post I decided to embark on an experiment...
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Appirio today announced Appirio Cloud Storage for Salesforce.com, a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that uses Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) to extend the capabilities of...
Read more about Appirio Cloud Storage for Salesforce.com...Cleaning Up Your Marketing Database
I’ve been talking to a lot of people these days about database hygiene. Many have asked for best practices amounting to a “get well, stay well” healthy data routine. We do have a great white paper on this subject, Is Dirty Data Sabotaging Your...
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