Good article about why people work round company enforced IT rules with good suggestions.

HP Blogs - Cloud and Shadow-IT: It is forbidden to forbid - The HP Blog Hub

Useful update on Eurozone problem

Bank ‘throws kitchen sink’ at credit problem - Telegraph

New web bite suffix implications

The article below talks about why applications for .com and .org replacements have been lower than expected and discusses how the changes will affect us all.
Tech - Companies

Electronic board reports

This article from a bank directors' briefing looks at electronic board meetings from a big company perspective, with lessons applicable to smaller businesses.

Key points:

• Looks at providing board reports on a web site rather that in a printed or emailed report
• Improved security is seen as advantage
• Allows sharing of parts of report 'as ready' rather than 'after last submission arrives'
• Directors are expected to read in full, before the meeting
• Cost for specialised board portal is about US$22,000 a year but I suspect for many smaller organisations pdf files on Yammer could make a workable alternative for free, by creating a group with access restricted to just the Board.

Cash and trade cycles

I'm a strong believer in trade cycles - what goes down must come up.  This article in Financial Management draws attention to the fact that increasing numbers of companies are sitting on piles of cash (well liquid assets on the overnight market anyway) and as soon as they have the confidence to spend it, the economy will be in for a steep take-off.

The big question is: when will that be?  The answer, especially with changes to the fundamentals like Euro problems, is not clear.  Economics works better with hindsight.

Are you an accountant or a problem-solver?

A good article that does more than discuss the stereotypes of the 'accountant' label.  Interesting about 'management boards' and the move away from desks to virtual workplaces.

Are you an accountant or a problem-solver?:

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