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GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting: I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...; Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-28
Tweetrush for enterprise?: Much has already been said about Tweetrush, the service that allows you to get statistics on your personal Twitter usage. I particularly liked Bernie Goldbach's commentary where, among other things, he says: Tweetrush is Sweet Infoporn. I like stats. I like comparing like to like....; Tags: Analytics, Twitter, Tweetrush, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-27
Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice data scale, performance, analytics: With better data reach and inclusion, come better results. So BI allows leaders can establish the trends early that will determine their future success or failures. In a fast-paced, global, hyper competitive business landscape these insights are the currency of success for the future. The better you do BI, the...; Tags: Performance, Analytics, Data, MapReduce, Curt, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-08-27
CareerBuilder.com CTO: New search engine analytics: Eric Presley, CTO of CareerBuilder talks about how the company is analyzing keywords to better understand the intentions of its users and then applying those results back for job recommendations.; Tags: CareerBuilder, Search Engine, CTO, Analytics, Financial Planning, Recruitment & Selection, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Videos 2008-08-26
New search engine analytics: Eric Presley, CTO of CareerBuilder talks about how the company is analyzing keywords to better understand the intentions of its users and then applying those results back for job recommendations. by Andrew Mager; Tags: Job, Search Engine, Analytics, Financial Planning, Recruitment & Selection, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2008-08-26

The Basics to Understanding your Credit Score (exe): We believe that everyone should understand their credit score so we wrote this 5 part series. In this second part you will learn why Credit Scores are vital to your financial health. We also have a break down of the FICO Scoring System. Credit scores affect whether you can get...; Tags: Credit, FR Credit Repair, Mortgages, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Sales Channel, Vertical Industries, Finance, Capital Structures, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-08-22
Identity theft for the hip blogger on-the-go?: Xpenser allows users to send their expense information to a hosted spreadsheet using SMS, IM, Twitter and Jott. Security risk, anyone? by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Financial, IM, SMS, Twitter, Blogger, Xpenser, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, E-mail, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Identity Theft, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Financial Planning, Finance, Security, Internet, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-08-20
Google Analytics Reporting Suite (cfm): The Google Analytics Reporting Suite brings Google Analytics to the desktop, with a host of features that help you understand how your Web site is performing and where you can improve. From tracking your visitors, referrals and campaigns to viewing your AdWords ROI metrics, the Google Analytics Reporting suite is...; Tags: Google Inc., Analytics, Google Analytics, Nicolas Lierman, Financial Planning, Roi/Tco, Channel Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-08-19
AutoEfile Professional Tax Preparation Software (exe): AutoEfile is tax preparation software for professionalsCPAs. AutoEfile has intuitive navigation and very simple to use. It is very easy to work with, as it follows standard windows navigation pattern. The program contains all required features like error reject codes, automatic error checking, bank products, history, and efile status view.Version...; Tags: Software, Bank, AutoEfile, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-08-15
Drive Backup Express (msi): Backing up your data is like an insurance, you never have to worry if disaster strikes. Now there's no more excuse for lost data--this insurance costs you nothing. If your system and data are safe now, keep them that way with Drive Backup 9.0 Express. This simple easy to use...; Tags: Paragon Software, Data, Backup, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance; Software downloads 2008-08-14
Intuit pushes deeper into cloud, points to its track record.: Intuit, the parent company of financial software products such as Quickbooks and Turbo Tax, has jumped deeper into the world of cloud computing with an announcement of its "Connected Services" strategy. The idea here is to expand its offerings for the more than 4 million small businesses who already use...; Tags: Intuit Inc., Taxes, Cloud Computing, Free Trade, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Planning, Finance, Emerging Technologies, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-08-13
Will vendors now boycott Massachusetts?: Is Brown going to replace Harvard as America's premier medical school campus? Will Harvard and MIT faculty start fighting for visiting privileges there, in order to skirt the law and get more coffee mugs? by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: industry, massachusetts, insurance, financial planning, strategy, business operations, corporate insurance, finance, management, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-08-11
Flypaper: flash presentations for the rest of us: Last week I took a peek at the unfortunately named Flypaper Pro, a product that allows the creation of high quality Flash content but without all the programming skills that are normally associated with this kind of thing. I say unfortunately named because for me, it...; Tags: Co-founder, Programmer, Programming, Flypaper Pro, Development Tools, Financial Planning, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Finance, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-08-11
Oops! A Tech IPO!: Oops ... a tech IPO has taken place. Graham Watson, Lanham Napier, Pat Condon and Dirk Elmendorf of Rackspace were in fact brave enough to launch the initial offering of their company's stock to the public on Friday. Just as Between The...; Tags: rackspace, tech, ipo, financial planning, investment, financial services, finance, tom steinert-threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-08-10
Do 4 in 5 of us want real health care reform?: The Fund called for pre-payment of premiums for everyone a form of universal insurance, set fees for procedures rather than a la carte, and more use of pay for performance (p4p). by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: health care, benefits, vertical industries, healthcare, insurance, financial planning, human resources, enterprise software, software, business operations, corporate insurance, finance, dana blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-08-08
Paglo Crawler (exe): The Paglo Open Source Crawler automatically discovers all of your IT data and gives you the ability to search for answers to your computer, network, and user questions. Think Google for IT. Once you download it and tell it to get started, the Crawler automatically scans your network, devices, and...; Tags: analytics, information technology, paglo labs, financial planning, strategy, finance, management; Software downloads 2008-08-06
LinuxWorld video: Merrill Lynch moves to stateless computing: At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Jeffrey Birnbaum, managing director and chief technology architect at Merrill Lynch, speaks about using cloud computing to reduce complexities and costs in financial services. He discusses the move away from dedicated machines and why ideas old like virtualization have become useful again. by...; Tags: LinuxWorld, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Video, Computing, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Corporate Communications, Financial Planning, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Financial Services, Hardware, Marketing, Finance, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-05
LinuxWorld: Merrill Lynch on going stateless: At the LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, Jeffrey Birnbaum, managing director and chief technology architect at Merrill Lynch, speaks about using cloud computing to reduce the complexities and costs of financial services. He discusses the move away from dedicated machines and why old ideas like virtualization have become useful again.; Tags: LinuxWorld, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Virtualization, Financial Planning, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Financial Services, Hardware, Finance, Storage, Computing, stateless, cloud computing; Videos 2008-08-05
Sybase rides growing database business into mobility innovation, says Chen at user conference: For mobility, in a year where the Apple iPhone gained the lion's share of attention (despite Symbian's dominance), Sybase is driving toward the "unwired enterprise" to bring the analytics world together with the mobile tier and handheld delivery world. "The more devices and the more operating systems ... the better...; Tags: Innovation, Mobile, Analytics, Mobility, Sybase Inc., Financial Planning, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-08-05
How a lack of insurance kills: The solution requires more than cost-shifting, however, or even increasing taxes, but a shift of the profession from concentrating on acute diseases to primary care. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Study, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Taxes, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Financial Planning, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-08-05