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Blue Skies: The Future Of Collaboration

Blue Skies: The Future Of Collaboration

Collaboration has been an industry buzz word for as long as I dare to remember. However, despite the hype, collaboration tools have on the whole under-delivered and underperformed. For a majority of users, collaboration platforms are low on usability, high on awkwardness and frequently fragmented. For enterprises, they are typically low on customization potential and … Continued

Time for change

Time for change

Technology is now at the core of every business and a key component of remaining competitive is how well technology is implemented. Forrester values the UK IT market at £66.5bn annually and forecasts this figure to increase by 4.6 per cent in 2014.The planning for, investment in, and subsequent process of embracing technology must be … Continued

Enterprise Mobility: The Current State Of Play

Enterprise Mobility: The Current State Of Play

Mobile access to corporate data is one of the biggest business challenges and opportunities the modern enterprise has to face. It has to balance the benefits of access to corporate data from anywhere, anytime with the security issues this raises. In other words, can the corporation secure its most precious assets while boosting productivity and … Continued

Accountancy Is A Service, Not A Commodity Product

Accountancy Is A Service, Not A Commodity Product

There is far more to accountancy than compliance. And SMEs want far more from their accountants than just basic management accounts, VAT returns and tax returns. With the shift to online technologies, accountants now have real-time access to accurate, detailed client information – so don’t waste it. Accountants now have the perfect platform to exploit their … Continued

4 Ways That Cloud Hosting Has Changed How We Do Business

4 Ways That Cloud Hosting Has Changed How We Do Business

Cloud hosting has lowered the barrier to entry for IT provisioning, provided improved collaboration tools and platforms, driven innovation, and increased choice. There is a huge amount of hype surrounding the concept and implementation of cloud technology. Marketers have grasped the potential messaging and branding benefits of the cloud with both hands. As is often … Continued

Five Cool Technologies Cloud Services Make Possible

Five Cool Technologies Cloud Services Make Possible

Cloud computing is essentially IT as a Service, where shared resources, software and data are accessed on demand via an internet connection. Whilst no one can predict how this will revolutionize technology in the future, for now, it’s already facilitating some pretty cool technologies. On-the-Go Entertainment Gaming platform Steam allows its users to purchase access to … Continued

Why “Cloud” Development Will Change The World

Why “Cloud” Development Will Change The World

Back 18-24 months ago,  the three primary application stores for mobile devices passed the One Million total available application milestone. Today, we have moved well beyond that total and there is no stopping the growth. What however is happening is that applications are built and thrown out for consumption without some of the standards that … Continued

The future of cloud, and the future of your company

The future of cloud, and the future of your company

Recently the unofficial comedy team of Jimmy Kimmel and Justin Timberlake performed a short skit that illustrated how silly hashtags sound when inserted into normal conversation. “#Hashtag” with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake The idea of punctuating a sentence with keywords intended as flags-to-be-found is of course, ludicrous in spoken parlance, but as Shakespeare and … Continued

Business Transformation And The IT Journey

Business Transformation And The IT Journey

Business Transformation and the IT Journey When we look at significant business model changes during the past thirty years, technology has often been at the core. From mainframes to mini-computers to microcomputers to client/server to the Internet – technology change has been a major driver for business change. Today, while there are certainly new technologies, … Continued

Technology’s Role In Reducing Procurement Costs And Improving Financial Control

Technology’s Role In Reducing Procurement Costs And Improving Financial Control

Despite there being evidence that modern procurement methods deliver long-term added value and drive efficiencies, a large number of firms may be unwittingly exposing themselves to unnecessary risk because they do not have adequate visibility into their supply chain. Whatever size of company you’re responsible for, or however you’re managing procurement, keeping a tight control … Continued

Where Do You Want To Work Today?

Where Do You Want To Work Today?

“I’d take a look at the document myself, but I’m not near a computer,” is a line we have all heard at some point in our working lives. More often than not it is uttered five minutes past the initial deadline and results in the person who is located near a computer spending the next … Continued

What is cloud computing?

What is cloud computing?

What is cloud computing? Everyone is talking about “the cloud.” But what does it mean? Business applications are moving to the cloud. It’s not just a fad—the shift from traditional software models to the Internet has steadily gained momentum over the last 10 years. Looking ahead, the next decade of cloud computing promises new ways … Continued

Putting The ERP In Customer Experience Initiatives

Putting The ERP In Customer Experience Initiatives

How much thought have you given recently to the role your ERP system plays in enabling your customer experience initiatives? When you implemented the system efficiency, scheduling, and getting more flexibility were probably on the list of goals, but not necessarily customer experience, even though it is impacted by all the other goals. When it … Continued

HR, Payroll And The Cloud

HR, Payroll And The Cloud

Cloud systems have progressed from being the latest buzzword, to being an integral part of our day to day personal and working lives, changing the way we communicate not just with our loved ones, but our colleagues and business partners too. But more importantly, it’s changed the way in which we work, and this is … Continued

The Revolution In Online Bookkeeping: Counting On The Cloud

The Revolution In Online Bookkeeping: Counting On The Cloud

Unlike traditional software, online accounting technology provides the real-time controls and visibility needed to put small and microbusiness owners in the driving seat when it comes to their finances. The boom in function-rich cloud-based software is having a transformational effect on the vast small business community. Nowhere is this being felt more keenly than in … Continued