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Top tips for safe SaaS

Sales of SaaS software in Western Europe are anticipated to hit $3.2 billion this year according to Gartner, with organisations keen to exploit the inherent usability and speed of deployment as well as the economic benefits associated with subscription based pricing. Security pledges are a key component of every SaaS sales offer – but just [...]

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Five questions for your data centre provider

Five questions for your data centre provider

After over a decade of use, Software as a Service (SaaS) is really hitting the mainstream, with organisations increasingly considering SaaS solutions for core applications, including ERP and Financials. The shift towards cloud computing and SaaS has prompted a huge increase in data centre providers and most SaaS vendors will leverage third party data centre [...]

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Social Media Marketing Initiative

Since the acquisition of Twinfield by Wolters Kluwer, my colleagues and I are regularly involved in projects and workgroups within Wolters Kluwer. And given that our approach to and handling of social media is generally the most successful within the wider organisation, we are regularly invited to give insight on the subject. Which we are [...]

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On a journey

I’m writing this blog while on a plane and will have to post it later, as internet connectivity is unfortunately still not standardly available in the air. Together, my colleague Gerard-Jan Bentvelzen and I are travelling to London. It’s been a while since I’ve been there, but is now highly worthwhile as we are seeing [...]

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Changing the game

Historically, accounting practices have been guarded about sharing information freely and being too open with clients in order to protect their competitive advantage, but the Internet and the increasing popularity of social media tools have changed the ground-rules. Many other professional service organisations now provide products or services online for free, in order to show [...]

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UK Disadvantage against Europe

As UK organisations face up to the implications of zero growth during 2012, SMEs are, once again, looking to cut costs to the bone. But these organisations are at a significant disadvantage when compared to some European competitors. In the Netherlands for example, the relationship between business and accountant has been fundamentally transformed over the [...]

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Automate your invoice processing

Software as a Service (SaaS) has become an increasingly accepted way of sourcing technology, offering accountancy firms new ways to interact with clients. This gives small businesses access to a range of real time services, from cash flow forecasts to tax planning, that bear no resemblance to the traditional annual accounts provision and discussion of [...]

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Securing a Cloud Based Business Model

Securing a Cloud Based Business Model

Growing numbers of accountancy firms are exploring the potential of Software as a Service (SaaS) based financial software. But how confident are clients about the security of data that is stored in the cloud? How easy is it for the accountancy practice to allay fears about the corruption or loss of business critical financial data or explain the compliance and governance implications of the shift from on premise to SaaS approach?

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Social Media

On the face of it, the dynamic world of social media and the traditionally conservative, structured world of accountancy seem poles apart. Tweeting, sharing multimedia content and collaborating online hardly sound like features that would add value for figure-hungry clients or the firms that serve them. But just as the public is now being given [...]

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Adding value

The accountancy market is in a state of flux – squeezed by the trend towards lower priced book-keeping services at one end and the push into the mid market by the Big Six at the other. But as the UK’s SMEs brace once more for a tough 12 months, there is a massive opportunity for [...]

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