Tag Archives: accounting

March 25, 2011 Posted in Business 5 Comments

On SaaS Pricing, Functionality and Risk Aversion

By Ben Kepes

Lots of SaaS accounting news at the moment – from Saasu, Xero and MYOB. Firstly Australian SaaS accounting vendor Saasu (more on them here) recently announced a change to its pricing. Already one of the most economically priced offerings in the marketplace (and I use those words purposely to differentiate

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November 15, 2010 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Is There Such a Thing as a Free Lunch? Wave Accounting Thinks So

By Ben Kepes

I’ve long been opposed to the fremium model – primarily because (in my opinion) people tend to equate no cost with no value. A plucky startup from Canada, Wave Accounting, is hoping to challenge my assumptions, particularly in the SMB space. They’ve just launched an application that is interesting in

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September 29, 2010 Posted in Business 9 Comments

On Suites for Accounting Practices – Xero Invests

By Ben Kepes

Xero yesterday announced a small investment in New Zealand based Max solutions, the company behind SaaS project management product WorkFlowMax. This investment, while small and regionally focused shows a growing trend for vendors. This announcement was part of a broader initiative called “The Modern Practice” tying together a variety of

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February 12, 2009 Posted in Business, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS 2 Comments

Another Local Payroll Entrant

By Ben Kepes

Awhile ago I wrote about iPayroll, a local SaaS payroll provider. New to the scene comes Flexitime, another payroll option. Whereas iPayroll is an official IRD intermediary, meaning that they can act as a company’s proxy when dealing with the IRD, Flexitime is a standalone service which means companies will

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August 19, 2008 Posted in Business, Design, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS, Strategy 4 Comments

Accounting, it’s the choice of a new generation

By Ben Kepes

I’ve spent the past 15 years being in sole-charge of the accounting function for a number of different SMEs. Now I’m not an accountant by any stretch of the imagination (I can tell a joke which precludes me already) – but I believe I’ve got a pretty good handle on

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July 24, 2008 Posted in Business, IT, SaaS, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Thumbs up to the Xero API!

By Julian Stone

Our development team have been working on an integration module between our ProWorkflow application  and Xero. ProWorkflow is web based project management software and XERO is web based accounting software. Both operate under a SaaS (Software As A Service) model. The aim is to transfer invoices from ProWorkflow to XERO

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May 12, 2008 Posted in PaaS, SaaS 1 Comment

Accounting on Force.com

By Daniel Fowlie

Last week at Dreamforce Europe 08 Coda Group launched Coda2Go – an SaaS accounting application that runs on the Force.com platform. In their press release they note: Powerful international on-demand accounting application from one of Europe’s leading financial systems providers Biggest ever development project on Force.com Platform-as-a-Service First accounting application

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March 30, 2008 Posted in Collaboration, Design, IT, SaaS, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Zoho filling in the SME accounting space?

By Ben Kepes

A few weeks ago I posted and said; Next move I’m picking [for Zoho] is a filling out of the space between the current small business offerings and People, the first larger business offering. That remark was particularly made to comment on the release of Zoho’s first offering that seemed

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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