I have not posted here for a while as I am now using blogs hosted by 3rd parties giving me better access to the design etc. The main blog has been transferred to www.outserve.biz and I have transferred the posts from here to there. This is hosted by Yahoo using wordpress, not a bad deal… [Read more…]
February 20, 2006
Expenses can have a lot of the same issues as Timesheets (see post on JourneyX) and often companies who require timesheet software will require expense software. Currently a company getting good press is webexpenses who also have links to Sage Accounting Software. Another Expense software SaaS company is Concur.
February 20, 2006
Timesheets are one the most requested pieces of functionality when dealing with accounting software. In many service companies and professional firms they can be one of the biggest headaches. Standard software pricing can often be prohibitive for large timesheet users especially where each timesheet user is named or requires a full access concurrent license. Many… [Read more…]
February 6, 2006
Steve Purkiss an Open Source expert who is a frequent contributer to ecademy has started a new website Open 4 Organisations. There is also blog to promote discussions on Open Source
February 2, 2006
I downloaded Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) today and after the usual Microsoft install it crashed within 5 minutes (but then I suppose it is beta). In that short time I could see that it had all my Firefox favourite features of multi-tabbed browsing, multiple search engines etc. So I immediately went back… [Read more…]
January 31, 2006
Cisco has just published a report that has surveyed 400 UK small businesss and found: ..the majority of small businesses (42%) feel left in the lurch after purchasing technology, due to insufficient post-sales support or training …41% of the respondents felt that enterprise scale technology was imposed on them, as opposed to products tailored to… [Read more…]
January 27, 2006
I am currenly looking at squidoo (see also squidoo guide) and have entered a couple based on Open Source Accounting Software and Open Source CRM. These are hust a brief Outline at the moment but I will add more detail.
January 27, 2006
THe week I met Manoj Ranaweera Manageing Director of Ebdex. Ebdex are developing electronic document exchange for Accounts and ERP software, With the slow take up of XML and EDI still being in the minority electronic data exchange is still the holy grail for accounting software. The move to a near paperless office and more… [Read more…]
January 24, 2006
Comprehensive guide for using Linux for Small Businesses avavilable from ZDNET available here
January 17, 2006
My blog subscriptions, controlled by bloglines (one my favourite sites), is getting out of control and I need to trim it down a little but one blog that never ceases to impress is Accmanpro a blog by Dennis Howlett. His overwhelming passion and knowledge on many issues affecting modern accountancy always keeps me coming back to… [Read more…]
January 17, 2006
Last night at a Beermat networking meeting I met Steve Checkley from AccountsVision. They have just developed an accounts working papers and final accounts package aimed at small accounting practices and larger businesses (who would prepare their own accounts). The system look like and tastes like (Steve’s words) Excel so is certainly worth a look… [Read more…]
January 1, 2006
In an article from crm buyer, titled as above, Zach Nelson, chief executive officer of NetSuite, said: “Taking products designed for large companies and then retrofitting them to work for smaller businesses is a recipe for failure. It would be like a bus manufacturer changing the color of the bus from yellow to black, and… [Read more…]
December 29, 2005
There appears to be three themes recurring in all ’2006 predictions’, ‘Top 10 top things for 2006..’ etc etc. These are Open Source Software Web 2.0 SAAS (Software as a service) SAAS is a new generation of the ASP model which featured so prominently (and unsuccessfully) in the dotcom boom. The model which looked so… [Read more…]
December 29, 2005
Outserve and its connected companies has 3 main aims: To offer reliable solutions to all through Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) Offer advanced software and outsourcing to all sizes of business To offer an alternative to ‘firms of accountants’ for non compliance work
June 23, 2006
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