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Sumo Logic Introduces Anomaly Detection and a Taste of Learning Systems to Come

September 11, 2013

Business

Anomaly Detection, Big data, cloud computing, Information technology management, intuit, Kumar Saurabh, Sumo Logic, Wall Street Journal

This week sees some interesting news from log management and analytics vendor Sumo Logic that points to the future of IT intelligence systems in particular and, more generally,the future of a world of connected devices and closed loop intelligence.…

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Loggly, Funding Rounds and the Need for Closed Loops

September 3, 2013

Business

Application performance management, Business, cloud computing, Electronic Arts, Information technology management, intuit, Log management and intelligence, Loggly

One just in from the “boring but important” file. Loggly, a startup n the log management space, is rolling out some new products and news of a funding round. Log management is a pretty boring area but one which…

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Intuit Acquires FIFO – Common Platforms and Cost Saving for Accountants

July 22, 2013

Business

Accountant, australia, FIFO, intuit, quickbooks, QuickBooks Online, WorkFlowMax, Xero

Disclosure – I’ve got or had commercial relationships with almost every vendor mentioned below – for full details see my disclosure statement. A week or so ago Intuit acquired Australian based accounting workpapers vendor FIFO. My sources suggest that…

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Intuit Launches a Developer Portal

May 31, 2013

Business

Application programming interface, George Weah Jr, intuit, Intuit Partner Platform, Mashery, quickbooks, Software as a Service, Software development kit

Interesting announcement from Intuit who recently unveiled a new developer portal that aims to be a one-stop shop for docs, tools and SDKs for developers wanting to build applications for small businesses. Intuit has for the past few years…

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QuickBooks for iPad–Well Executed, But it’s all About the Ecosystem

May 24, 2013

Business

Customer, GoPayment, intuit, IOS, QuickBook, Small Business Web, techcrunch, twitter

Recently Intuit introduced a new mobile version of its QuickBooks application. In the past when a legacy vendor introduced a mobile application, they tended to do so by stripping out much of the functionality of the full version and…

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On Small Business Accounting, Yodlee, Perceptions and Critical Mass

April 5, 2013

Business

Bank, Customer, FreeAgent, FreeAgent Central, intuit, New Zealand, Xero, Yodlee

UK (and global, to an extent) SMB accounting vendor FreeAgent recently announced that it was rolling out automated bank feeds for its customers. For those of you who don’t follow the space, automatic bank feeds (the ability for a…

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The Xero Share Price – One Pundit’s Analysis

March 27, 2013

Business

intuit, Microsoft, New Zealand, New Zealand Exchange, rod drury, trademe, United States, Xero

In recent weeks the share price for listed cloud accounting vendor Xero has risen at an incredibly fast rate. The company, which has around 140000 paying customers globally and is yet to turn a profit, is now valued at…

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Levion and the Promise of Hybrid Accounting Software

September 14, 2012

Business

Application programming interface, Business, intuit, Intuit Partner Platform, quickbooks, Software as a Service, user interface, Windows

As the accounting software industry moves to a general acceptance of the fact that customers demand the sort of benefits that cloud application bring, there are two distinct approaches vnedors are making; Pure-play cloud vendors (FreeAgent, Xero etc) build…

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Back to the Future–FreshBooks is Accounting

August 30, 2012

Business

FreshBook, intuit, Intuit Partner Platform, Invoice, Mike McDerment, quickbooks, Small Business Web, Xero

Disclosure – the accounting space is an area I follow closely and one in which I have spent time consulting with a host of different vendors. Full details on my disclosure page but suffice it to say I have…

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Intuit Drops the Partner Platform–Retreats from a Federated Ecosystem Approach

June 14, 2012

Business

Facebook, intuit, Intuit Anywhere, Intuit Partner Platform, quickbooks, user interface, Web application

I’ve written at length about the Intuit Partner Platform – it seemed to me the best approach by a traditional accounting vendor to provide a compelling offering in an increasingly SaaS-based world. the IPP allowed third organizations to use…

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