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Xero’s “New Look” Marketplace – What Does It Mean to You?

By Jonathan Mifsud  /  August 16, 2019
Earlier this year, Xero announced a key milestone – a redesigned marketplace for business software that connects to the accounting...
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Xero’s “New Look” Marketplace – What Does It Mean to You?

QuickBooks Online Adds Auto-Updating Insurance for Australian Users (w/ Interview)

By Sholto Macpherson  /  July 5, 2019
Australian businesses using QuickBooks Online can now buy 10 types of insurance through their accounting software at prices up to...
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QuickBooks Online Adds Auto-Updating Insurance for Australian Users (w/ Interview)

Behind Thomson Reuters’ Global Plan for Practice Software Powered by Content

By Sholto Macpherson  /  June 21, 2019
Thomson Reuters is following Wolters Kluwer into the next generation of cloud based practice management software. It is no longer...
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Behind Thomson Reuters’ Global Plan for Practice Software Powered by Content

What is QuickBooks Live and What Does it Mean for Accountants? Interview with Rich Preece

By Sholto Macpherson  /  May 31, 2019
Intuit has launched a bookkeeping service in the US and announced it in Australia in what looks like the beginning...
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Intuit Adds Bookkeeping Services with QuickBooks Live

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NB. The image above is from a test in the US and may not reflect Australian pricing or packages. Intuit announced today that it will start testing a new service in Australia called QuickBooks Live that includes file setup and basic bookkeeping. The service will be provided by independent bookkeepers who are certified as QuickBooks Pro […]

MYOB Gives Fans First Taste of Connected Practice Vision

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This year MYOB  has shown the first fruits of a long-awaited revamp of its Accountants Enterprise and Office software. Well, not so much a revamp as a staged rollout, and it’s only getting started. There’s plenty more to come under its “connected practice” vision. Still, it is a very positive sign for all those firms […]

NetSuite Releases Free Benchmarking Dataset Based on 16,000 Companies

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Oracle NetSuite has launched a free research and benchmarking service that draws on anonymised data from 16,000 companies using its ERP (enterprise resource planning) platform. The service, called Brainyard, will “give everyone across the technology ecosystem equal access to the research, data and practical advice needed to grow and run a business”, the company said […]

NetSuite’s Business Growth Blueprints Reveal Gaps In Ecosystem Approach

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ERP software companies have wanted to crack the SME market for a long time, yet rarely invested in more than marketing. Now, however, they are changing products and customising deployments to fit the appetite and wallets of small businesses. Oracle NetSuite, a well-established cloud ERP provider, is heavily promoting its SuiteSuccess initiative. Netsuite is trying […]

How To Pick an ERP Partner? Top Seven Tips from Four NetSuite Gurus

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Picking an ERP (enterprise resource planning system) is a daunting prospect. ERPs are not only more expensive than accounting software, they are more complex to set up and operate. Then there is the cost of retraining; an ERP is a business platform usually used by every employee in the company. A quality implementation partner can […]

Why Cin7 Wants To Join The ERP Club. Does It Have A Case?

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For the past five years I advised people to only use Cin7 if it had specific functionality that they required. Otherwise, it was better to opt for other inventory apps simply because they were more usable. Cin7’s lack of usability was simply frustrating. It had functionality scattered all over the place. Like a field that […]

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