When I do a walk about day on clients sites, I come across many people who work with enormous spreadsheets. They have columns of formulas referring to several columns of data then another column of formulas referring to the next block of data and so on. I watch them laboriously hide columns they don’t want…
Intacct has made its third release of the year generally available. Intacct 2017 Release 3 comes with several updates including the rather snappy “One invoice to rule them all”, more on that later. The updates include improvements to contracts and project accounting, inventory and Salesforce integration. They is also an updated Intacct action, its latest user…
The Blockchain and financial cryptography Blockstream has announced the availability of Blockstream Satellite. This is a service which broadcasts real-time Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain data from a group of communication satellites to almost everyone on the planet. Blockstream Satellite’s importance lies in the enabling of broader participation in Bitcoin, and potentially in other areas of the…
Last night William Ackman, CEO Pershing Square Capital Management presented a massive analysis of the current state of ADP. The ADP initial reaction to Pershing Square Capital Managements comprehensive presentation was to brush it off. The language used was similar to that made in earlier statements. There was one statement that referred directly to the…
Security vendor Trend Micro has published research showing cars can be hacked with relative ease. The news may finally be the shock that wakes up the automotive industry and forces it to take security seriously. What is disturbing about this attack is that Trend Micro says there is nothing car manufacturers could do to prevent…
