The final update Rod filled me in on is one that will be exciting and welcome to all Xero investors: Xero is now fully live in the UK. Some of the UK functionality (automatic bank feed for example) is…
This morning I was invited to a presentation by Xero CEO Rod Drury, detailing some of the new developments just rolled out on their accounting package. The two main areas are in contacts and internal transactions. Contacts Rod remarked…
Interesting to hear this morning of the Geekzone Visual Studio 2008 blog. Geekzone has partnered with Microsoft to bring an advertising funded, but still useful, limited time blog centered around, not surprisingly, Microsoft’s Visual Studio product. It seems to…
Over on Rough Type, Nick suggests a possible major announcement out of Redmond in the next little while. Nick saya that he’s heard; that Microsoft has begun briefing its large enterprise clients on an expansive and detailed strategy for…
In a recent blog post, SaaS Blogger Phil Wainewright made some excellent points on what defines a SaaS client. Some purists may disagree, but my definition of a SaaS client goes outside of the browser to include a client…
Google released Sites today, a centralized repository for sharing information and collaborative workspaces. There’s been much commentary around the blogosphere on whether Sites is a threat to Microsoft’s SharePoint product, MiramarMike gives an excellent comparison over here. There’s been…
I wrote a day or two ago about the issues around security of SaaS products. I suggested a number of strategies that SaaS vendors could use to ensure that their product was sufficiently secure. Comments pointed out a duality…
Yet another high-flying Silicon Valley entrepreneur is planning to capitalize on the growing popularity of “green” technology, and to do it, he’s tapping the wisdom of crowds as well as their cash. Steve Newcomb, a co-founder of search startup…
It’s a battle all right – Buzzword vs Zoho writer vs Google apps vs MS office. Zoho upped the ante today by introducing a host of new features; DocX Support – ho hum, whatever. No relevance to me but…
In recent days much has been written about Etsy, the online community for craftspeople. I thought it opportune to give my perspective. People have already talked about mass customization and emergent business networks in relation to Etsy so I…