Bootstrap/Outright – Review
Accounting 2.0 at CloudAve In an ongoing series of reviews and analysis pieces, CloudAve will be taking a deep look into accounting software for the new world. See the other posts at this tag Introduction & Background Bootstrap was created in mid 2008 by Kevin Reeth and Ben Curren a couple of software guys with [...]
Providing for the Space Between – Lubricating Business
I’ve always been a little dubious about accountants as business advisers. Most accountants I’ve dealt with in the past have been very reactionary and much more interested in compliance than in being a true “embedded adviser” to the business. It was for this reason that I was initially sceptical about Xero’s strategy of using accountants [...]
Zoho: Best LittleCo of 2008 that Could … and Will
Most CloudAve readers probably know that Zoho is our exclusive sponsor. When we launched in September, the speculation that this will turn us into nothing but a PR outlet for Zoho was inevitable. I think in these few months we have proven otherwise, by being very conservative with Zoho coverage (if anything, we have a [...]
From 24SevenOffice to 24SevenTravel and On to …
A good 3 years ago I "discovered" a Norway-based SaaS All-in-One business suite provider, 24SevenOffice, and for a while wrote about them extensively. I truly believed I found a gem. They offered a modular but integrated system to the SMB market with unparallelled functionality: Accounting, CRM (Contacts, Lead Mgt, SFA), ERP (Supply Chain, Orders, Products, [...]
NetSuite Goes After SAP – But Where is Business ByDesign?
Ben recently reported on how NetSuite is going after Salesforce.com, by announcing their Renewforce program. Today NetSuite is going after bigger fish: the leader in Enterprise Software, SAP. The aptly named Business ByNetsuite program guarantees at least 50% savings to current SAP R/3 customers relative to – watch this! – the annual maintenance fees they [...]
SAP Business ByDesign, No News?
Last week I was at the SAP TechEd Berlin and in all the press conferences/presentations there was no mention of Business By Design. During the press conference with Leo Apotheker the Co-CEO of SAP when a reporter asked about BBD he referred back to their announcements in June. As I walked the exhibition hall however, [...]
"SaaS as Recession-proofing Software" Theme Picking Up
It looks like I may have started ( actually, just re-started) a trend discussing How Software Can Be Resilient to Recession. Sramana Mitra @ Forbes talks about 'SaaS-ing' Back At The Economy: Some of the robustness of SaaS companies comes from the fact that the sector caters heavily to small businesses. This is because their [...]
