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- Financial Fate (exe)
- Financial Fate projects all sources and uses of cash flows for the do-it-yourselfer. Detailed reports such as investment plans, balance sheets, tax plans, and cash flow projections are made available to the user with year-by-year and line-item-detail visibility. For example, when forecasting health-care expenses Financial Fate will automatically adjust these...
- Tags: Financial, Cash Flow, Financial Modeling Solutions, Financial Fate, Financial Accounting, Taxes, Finance, Financial Planning
- Software downloads 2008-09-04
- StatusHQ: another Twitter clone for enterprise
- Twitter clones are starting to come out the woodwork. The latest candidate is StatusHQ, which surfaced last Friday and which my pal Luis Suarez describes as: "What Twitter could have been." Maybe, maybe not. The central premise behind StatusHQ is that individuals can...
- Tags: Twitter, StatusHQ, Susan, Pete, UI, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Sarbanes-Oxley, Business Structures, RSS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Internet, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- MSD Organizer Freeware (zip)
- MSD Organizer Portable Freeware is a personal and professional information manager to be installed in Pen Drives, with the following modules: Calendar, Contacts, Alarms, Tasks and Cards. It also provides the following tools: backup and restore, word processor, spreadsheet, image viewer, calculator, and financial calculator. The program will allow you...
- Tags: Freeware, MSD Soft, MSD Organizer Portable Freeware, Productivity, Word Processors, Financial Accounting, Telecom & Utilities, Software, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-08-29
- Google, Mozilla extend search box deal
- That little Google search box in the upper right part of your Firefox browser will be sticking around through 2011, according to Mozilla. Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation or Chief Lizard Wrangler depending on what you prefer, said in a blog post that Google has...
- Tags: Google Inc., Financial, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Bloomberg publishes Jobs obit but why?
- Bloomberg published an obituary for Apple CEO Steve Jobs after the closing bell on Wednesday and quickly retracted it. Amid all the rumors of Jobs' and his pancreatic cancer Bloomberg's timing couldn't have been worse. However, the Bloomberg incident may reveal that rumors about Jobs' health are intensifying. ...
- Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Bloomberg L.P., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Resurrecting E-voting
- To make e-voting work you need a voting machine that can't be corrupted without setting off alarms - Sun Rays fit that requirement, are cheap, and allow for easy central auditing. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Audit, Sun Ray, Machine, E-voting, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- XingYu Budget (exe)
- XingYu Budget is for those who have to keep track of finances in one account or those who control a number of different accounts in a variety of currencies. Using XingYu Budget, you can accurately record different financial transactions; arrange different scheduled transactions; have a well-thought-out plan to set budgets;...
- Tags: Account, XingYu Soft, XingYu Budget, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-08-27
- PC Network Inventory Professional (exe)
- PC Network Inventory Pro is a tool to perform fast and comprehensive PC hardware inventory and software audits. It offers different methods to scan your entire network for all available machines and domains and can retrieve detailed information on each machine for both hardware and software components. This version is...
- Tags: Software, Audit, Network, PC, Remote PC Tools, PC Network Inventory Pro, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Financial Accounting, Management, Hardware, Finance
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Over my dead body
- Change, any kind of change, is usually seen as a threat by somebody. In an organizational IT context, financial system change, particularly process related change, almost always draws an "over my dead body" response from someone - and the smaller the business, the more often this signals a battle you...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Spreadsheet, Fun Thing, Business Owner, Productivity, Microsoft Excel, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Microsoft talks software plus services; Intuit actually does it
- Intuit's fourth quarter brought the usual grab bag: A loss in a seasonally slow three months, solid revenue growth and an outlook slightly ahead of expectations. But Intuit also talked about it view of connected services and the big picture. My epiphany: Microsoft has been talking about...
- Tags: Software, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Corp., Service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Financial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Highest-paid US public company executives
- Associated Press published a list of highest-paid public company executives out of S&P 500 index. Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp. ORCL, $84.6 mln John Thain, Merrill Lynch & Co. MERPO, $83.1 mln Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp. CBS, $67.6 mln Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., $65.3 mln Bob Simpson,...
- Tags: Company Executive, CBS Corp., GPS, Financial Accounting, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Finance, Hardware, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Intel, Yahoo team up on interactive TV platform
- At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel's Eric Kim and Yahoo's Patrick Barry demo a new TV platform designed to bring rich Internet applications featuring sports, weather, and financial information to the living room. Consumer electronics that use Intel's architecture will offer the Yahoo Widget Engine, an applications...
- Tags: Interactive TV, Team, Yahoo! Inc., Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Accounting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Finance, Widget, Intel, Yahoo
- Videos 2008-08-20
- Salesforce quarter on target
- Salesforce.com reported fiscal second quarter earnings that were on target with Wall Street estimates. The company on Wednesday reported second quarter earnings statement of $9.99 million, or 8 cents a share, on revenue of $263 million, up 49 percent from a year ago. According to Thomson Reuters...
- Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., InStranet Inc., Earnings, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- 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
- SEC introduces IDEA
- Earlier today, Christopher Cox, SEC chairman introduced IDEA - Interactive Data and Electronic Applications, an XBRL framework for surfacing information used by investors. In prepared remarks, Cox said: "It will be faster, cheaper, better [than EDGAR.] Better data analysis will have a positive impact on the market as a whole....
- Tags: SEC, Investor, Analysis, IDEA, Cox, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet
- There's a lot of discussion today about whether Verizon's $23 billion investment in its FiOS network was worth it, but the argument really comes down to this: How much is future-proofing your business worth? The New York Times did an in-depth analysis about Verizon's FiOS rollout and...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Internet, TVs, Financial Accounting, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Home Entertainment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- JDA acquires i2: Oh how the world has changed
- Catching up on other news, I see that i2, one of the dot bomb mavens has succumbed to acquisition pressure at a 12.5% premium to its share price. JDA is the lucky (or is it plucky?) acquirer of this once fascinating supply chain/demand planning provider, scooping up i2 for $346...
- Tags: I2 Technologies Inc., JDA, Maintenance Revenue, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Operational Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Top financial news & research sites in May 2008
- May-07 May-08 Growth Total Internet 177,487 190,858 8 Financial News & Research 47,493 64,287 35 Yahoo! Finance 11,740 18,492 58 AOL Money & Finance 10,266 15,222 48 MSN Money 12,087 13,707 13 Forbes Property 5,497 7,014 28 ...
- Tags: Financial, Site, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Demographics of financial news and research sites
- Financial News & Research demographics Audience, May 2007 May 2008 Growth Total Audience 47,493 64,287 35% Age Persons Under 50 35,222 46,405 32% Persons 50+ 12,271 17,882 46% HH Income US Under $60K 20,233 26,155 29% ...
- Tags: Financial, Demographics, Financial Accounting, Finance, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Finance Accounting Solutions Buyer's Guide
- The step-by-step guide includes important decision-making considerations such as benefits and costs across some of the top Finance & Accounting solution providers for small to midsize companies.
- Tags: Decision-making, ERP, Finance Accounting Solutions Buyer, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Management
- White papers 2008-08-11
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