Andy Lark pointed me in the direction of this. It’s a new mobile from T-Mobile that is pure mobile when out and about, but when within range of a WiFi spot it gives the caller free calls routed through…
I have in the past been involved in the coffee industry and I have some current associations with it. A discussion I had this morning led me to thinking about the coffee roasting industry in New Zealand. Currently there…
All my posting about accounting SaaS along with some exciting and thought provoking conversations I’ve recently had 😉 has made me step back and refix my focus. I’ve been posting at length as to the viability of one or…
I’ve been doing a bit of “research” about this entire SaaS accounting thing and thought I’d share a few developments with y’all. In June 2005, MYOB became the Australasian distributor for NetSuite. NetSuite, of course, is the SaaS accounting…
News today that from September one will be able to have a DSL connection sans a Telecom line charge. Of course this opens things up to utilising VOIP for all your phone calls and therefore not actually having a…
I’ve kind of set myself up as a commentator on the SaaS accounting space so I’ve got a duty to report another market competitor as posted by Lance. It’s not a comment on the viability or otherwise of Xero…
The dollar last night touched USD0.78. This is going to hurt exporters no end. Cactus is lucky in that we both import (raw materials either directly or indirectly), have a sizeable domestic market and create a niche product that…
Well another one bites the dust. As written about here and here, finance company Bridgecorp has been placed into receivership. Shocking timing seeing it happened the same week that Kiwisaver was launched. There are now 18000 predominately Ma and…
An article in the Herald this morning discusses a new website set up to act as a source for independent directors for board positions. For along time I’ve had a two pronged attitude about governance for NZ businesses. The…