Brian Murphy is the founder and CEO of Reliaquest. ReliaQuest advances the delivery, reliability and outcomes of IT security for Fortune 2000 organisations in diverse industries. Since 2007, ReliaQuest has rapidly grown into one of the leading providers of IT security for some of the most recognizable corporations in the world. Core to its success is…
ADP has once more rejected Pershing Square’s demands after a meeting with the ADP board. This time ADP has appeared to give Pershing Square time to voice their opinions in a meeting with the full board at ADP on September 5th. At that meeting Pershing Square requested that rather than replace existing directors, the original…
Some of you may still remember the time, when we used computers, we had to do everything with just the keyboard. Yes, there were no pretty icons to select to do something for us. Or just click on something in a complex dialog box with a multitude of selections. We had to know special key…
I see loads of adverts for all sorts of loans that look so inviting. But wouldn’t you like to see what will be the amount you have to pay back if the rate of interest changes. One such way is to create a Data table in Excel. Using the PMT function to do the calculations.…
Rob Reid was the CEO of Intacct before its acquisition by Sage. Now MD and EVP at Sage Intacct he is looking forward to the future. Reid has more than 30 years experience in the software industry. He has held several CEO positions and was a Gold winner in the prestigious CEO World Awards in 2014.…
Oracle has announced that it is hiring 5000 new employees to support its growing cloud business in the US alone. The new roles include engineers, consultants, sales and support people. To date Oracle has already employed 4,150 people in US this year. This includes 2,600 cloud sales professionals and 1,500 developers. On the Oracle jobs…
This may sound like a very easy subject for most but I do find that a lot of people still don’t know how easy it can be to create a chart in Excel. My first question to all of you is “Why do you want a chart?” the answer is simple “to make the multitude…
FinancialForce has announced a change in CFO at the company. Gordy Brooks will succeed John Bonney in the role. This sees a continuation of the transition of the senior management team by Tod Nielsen, CEO. Brooks is a veteran CFO of companies such as Citrix GetGo, Aerohive Networks and Blue Coat Systems. Nielsen commented: “Gordy…
You won’t believe it but yes I have seen many people actually use a highlighter pen to write diagonally across a document that it is a draft or a copy rather than trying to create a watermark which looks far more professional. A watermark can be used for a number of things. Your logo for…
UK companies, big and small, deal with overseas customers and suppliers. This means they often have to pay suppliers in foreign currency. Unless exchange rates are fixed, there is risk. With Brexit and overall international uncertainty, this is becoming a key issue for businesses. I briefly look at the two main types of currency risks…