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Accountancy Age

  • HMRC brings 310 more employers into RTI pilot

    HMRC brings 310 more employers into RTI pilot

    Accountancy Age HMRC HAS CONFIRMED that more than 310 employers are scheduled to join its real time information PAYE pilot. The RTI pilot was launched in early April with ten employers. The aim of the project is to have employers updating th…
    Published - 10 days ago, 11 May 12, 8:31am
  • Sage shows resilient results for first half of 2012

    Sage shows resilient results for first half of 2012

    Accountancy Age BUSINESS SOFTWARE PROVIDER Sage has reported a satisfactory trading performance for the first half of 2012 according to its latest results. The FTSE 100 business announced revenues stayed much the same for the first half of t…
    Published - 12 days ago, 9 May 12, 9:34am
  • Sage and Microsoft could team up to provide online product

    Sage and Microsoft could team up to provide online product

    Accountancy Age MICROSOFT AND SAGE are reportedly in talks to form an alliance which could see the duo rollout online-based accountancy software. The deal could see Sage transfer its accountancy software products to the US company's Azure on…
    Published - 18 days ago, 3 May 12, 9:42am
  • Key questions before entering the cloud

    Key questions before entering the cloud

    Accountancy Age FIRMS ARE KEEN to explore an online model to offer value added services to clients. However, many are concerned about security and reliability, with fear of system compromise or failure encouraging a cautious attitude towards…
    Published - 20 days ago, 1 May 12, 9:19am
  • The Practitioner: Wherever I lay my hat...

    The Practitioner: Wherever I lay my hat...

    Accountancy Age DOES IT REALLY MATTER where the office is located these days? Do we actually need to have a physical location at all? These are the questions I am raising at Monday's partners meeting and I'm pretty convinced that my answers…
    Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 11:17am
  • The Practitioner: Wherever I lay my hat...

    The Practitioner: Wherever I lay my hat...

    Accountancy Age DOES IT REALLY MATTER where the office is located these days? Do we actually need to have a physical location at all? These are the questions I am raising at Monday's partners meeting and I'm pretty convinced that my answers…
    Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 11:17am
  • SAP's revenues up but still to face Oracle appeal

    SAP's revenues up but still to face Oracle appeal

    Accountancy Age FINANCIAL SOFTWARE giant SAP has seen its profits and revenues increase for the ninth consecutive quarter because of its push towards online products. The first quarter of 2012 saw the German company post profit after tax (on…
    Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 10:07am
  • Invoicing the European way

    Invoicing the European way

    Accountancy Age COUNTRIES ACROSS THE EU have until 2013 to comply with new cross-border VAT and internet based invoicing directives. However, there are clear signs these directives are open to interpretation, with countries opting for subtle…
    Published - 33 days ago, 18 Apr 12, 2:55pm
  • Sage unveils fully iXBRL capable software

    Sage unveils fully iXBRL capable software

    Accountancy Age SAGE CUSTOMERS will receive an updated version of tax software ahead of mandatory introduction in 2013. HM Revenue & Customs required from 1 April that all corporation tax must be filed online using tax tagging technology iXB…
    Published - 33 days ago, 18 Apr 12, 9:04am
  • Sage unveils fully iXBRL-capable software

    Sage unveils fully iXBRL-capable software

    Accountancy Age SAGE CUSTOMERS will receive an updated version of new tax technology, ahead of mandatory introduction  from HM Revenue & Customs in 2013. HMRC required from 1 April that all corporation tax must be filed online using tax tag…
    Published - 33 days ago, 18 Apr 12, 9:04am

AccountingWEB uk - Technology

Financial Director

  • Cutting electronic systems down to size

    Cutting electronic systems down to size

    financial_director OUR SOCIETIES have never been good at transiting from one big tech-induced change to another. We just seem to let it all roll out without a thought or any preparation. The industrial revolution is a prime example. It wreak…
    Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 10:13am
  • Cutting electronic systems down to size

    Cutting electronic systems down to size

    financial_director OUR SOCIETIES have never been good at transiting from one big tech-induced change to another. We just seem to let it all roll out without a thought or any preparation. The industrial revolution is a prime example. It wreak…
    Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 10:13am
  • Coping with the data deluge

    Coping with the data deluge

    financial_director DESPITE OUR naturally humble predilections, few finance directors could deny that the role and influence we hold in our respective businesses has grown significantly over the last few, volatile years. Where we were primari…
    Published - 39 days ago, 12 Apr 12, 9:36am
  • Straightjacket for success

    Straightjacket for success

    financial_director OUR EDUCATION system was forged during the first industrial revolution to meet the growing demand for a literate and numerate workforce. But as a system it has failed to change or progress; commerce, industry and society h…
    Published - 53 days ago, 28 Mar 12, 11:00pm
  • Bringing business intelligence to life

    Bringing business intelligence to life

    financial_director ENTERPRISES of all sizes are embracing smart phones and tablet PCs as business tools, making it possible for employees to view and interact with company data in a more revolutionary way. Analysts at Gartner believe that 33…
    Published - 54 days ago, 28 Mar 12, 11:01am
  • Spreadsheet risk: The devil is in the data

    Spreadsheet risk: The devil is in the data

    financial_director A SINGLE keystroke error caused huge embarrassment for the London 2012 organising committee (LOCOG) late last year when a member of staff recorded that 20,000 tickets remained available for synchronised swimming events - w…
    Published - 56 days ago, 26 Mar 12, 9:36am
  • Forecasting – should you escape from Excel?

    Forecasting – should you escape from Excel?

    financial_director Today, spreadsheets are embedded in the day-to-day operation of many organisations and they can't be simply thrown out. However, it's also true that using spreadsheets in conjunction with specialist software for planning,…
    Published - 73 days ago, 8 Mar 12, 4:47pm
  • Trend setters

    Trend setters

    financial_director PREPARE to increasingly hear two words this year: workforce analytics. In 2009, IBM found just 28% of 400 HR professionals used any form of analytics for defining knowledge, skills and capability requirements needed to exe…
    Published - 89 days ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:00am
  • Do it yourself

    Do it yourself

    financial_director FOR THE past 20 years I have been attending conferences and meetings where convergence in the IT and entertainment industries has been discussed and debated at length. I must confess that I have always been mystified by th…
    Published - 89 days ago, 22 Feb 12, 8:00am
  • Closing the loop on records management and data security risk

    Closing the loop on records management and data security risk

    financial_director The panel will offer advice and frontline case studies on securing your document management process, including:
    Published - 96 days ago, 15 Feb 12, 10:35am

KPMG

Deloitte

BBC

  • newPakistan restores Twitter access

    Pakistan restores Twitter access

    Pakistani authorities restore access to the social media website Twitter after a brief ban for what officials called "offensive" content".
    Published - 9 hours ago, 20 May 12, 7:27pm
  • newFacebook: Living 'the hacker way'

    Facebook: Living 'the hacker way'

    Will Facebook keep innovating post-IPO?
    Published - 13 hours ago, 20 May 12, 2:45pm
  • newVIDEO: Twitter banned in Pakistan

    VIDEO: Twitter banned in Pakistan

    Pakistan's government has imposed a countrywide ban on the social media website Twitter.
    Published - 13 hours ago, 20 May 12, 2:39pm
  • newVIDEO: Facebook founder's new status

    VIDEO: Facebook founder's new status

    The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, updates his status on his own Facebook page to announce he has married long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan.
    Published - 15 hours ago, 20 May 12, 1:25pm
  • Facebook: How the others fared

    Facebook: How the others fared

    A look at a selection of internet companies that previously floated on the US stock exchange
    Published - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 12:20am
  • VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple

    VIDEO: The low-cost tablets battling Apple

    LJ Rich takes a look at the low-cost tablets battling Apple's dominance in India.
    Published - 2 days ago, 19 May 12, 9:03am
  • VIDEO: Facebook shares see modest debut

    VIDEO: Facebook shares see modest debut

    Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing of $38.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 9:11pm
  • Facebook shares see modest debut

    Facebook shares see modest debut

    Facebook shares end a volatile first day of trading at $38.23, barely above the company's initial pricing, having initially jumped more than 10%.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:49pm
  • VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs

    VIDEO: Technology and texting tips for MPs

    MPs have had their fingers burned by texting and technology, and may have regretted the odd text or tweet.
    Published - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 1:08pm
  • Twitter backs web privacy effort

    Twitter backs web privacy effort

    Micro-blogging service Twitter will support an initiative that lets people browse the web without being monitored.
    Published - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:20pm

FT.com - Technology

  • Android rivals aim to close the Apple gap
    A sign of a hot Android product is when Google gives thousands away to reward developers at its annual conference. The HTC Evo 4G smartphone was the freebie in May 2010 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet was last year’s. Updated versions of b…
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:03pm
  • Facebook IPO: the public network’s opening day
    Facebook has become the public network – no longer a private company, the social network now has shareholders and a ticker symbol (FB) to go with the 900m users of its service.Its initial public offering was priced at $38 on - the top end of its r…
    Published - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 10:30am
  • Facebook shares already a marketing incentive
    By Robert Cookson in Hong KongA Hong Kong-based brokerage is offering free Facebook shares to all new customers in an attempt to cash in on the hype surrounding the initial public offering of the world’s biggest social network.8 Securities, which…
    Published - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:30am
  • Facebook hacks, doubters carp, ahead of opening bell
    As Facebook settles its IPO price at a top-of-the-range $38, valuing the social network at $104bn, Facebookers are doing what Facebookers do: hacking.In a so-very-Facebook move, the company is running an overnight hackathon on Thursday night, right…
    Published - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:36pm
  • Rakuten CEO on why Pinterest is worth $1.5bn
    Rakuten has led a $100m funding round into Pinterest, which values the online “curation” community at around $1.5bn.The Japanese ecommerce giant won out over major US venture capital firms who were vying for a piece of Silicon Valley’s new swe…
    Published - 4 days ago, 17 May 12, 10:46am
  • Private views on Facebook’s public offering
    Facebook investors: you have been warned. The last time I was in Silicon Valley was 12 years ago, in the very week that the Nasdaq crashed, marking the end of the dotcom boom. That I should fly back into San Francisco on the eve of the social networ…
    Published - 5 days ago, 16 May 12, 3:54pm
  • AMD bridges Ivy gap with Trinity
    Intel told its investor day last week it would be producing 2m units a week of its latest “Ivy Bridge” processors by the end of June, but the chipmaker faces fresh competition from Tuesday’s consumer and business announcements by rivals AMD and…
    Published - 5 days ago, 16 May 12, 4:00am
  • Yahoo at Internet Week: pass the stress balls
    Stress balls, breath mints, cupcakes and a sponsored “oxygen bar”: yes, it’s Internet Week in New York, the annual feast of branded freebies, parties and panels for the city’s digital media and marketing set.Today a Yahoo presentation drew t…
    Published - 6 days ago, 14 May 12, 8:03pm
  • Story of the Week: Facebook introduces own app store
    Shopping on Facebook for apps will soon be easier with the App Center, a new application storefront for users to buy and discover content. The social networking company announced the App Center this week following an amendment to its S-1 filing th…
    Published - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 11:29pm
  • Keeping a walk-work balance in the office
    ©Thor SwiftConsider office work a slog? Feel like you’re on a hamster wheel? Then perhaps the addition of a treadmill desk to your work environment may not appeal. However, some of those who feel office life is too sedentary and unhealthy are tu…
    Published - 9 days ago, 11 May 12, 11:28pm

Reuters - Technology

  • newNasdaq to revamp system after tech problems on Facebook IPO: WSJ
    (Reuters) - The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
    Published - 1 hour ago, 21 May 12, 2:46am
  • newAlibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion
    (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma's Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders.
    Published - 2 hours ago, 21 May 12, 2:31am
  • newApple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd are used to running the show at their global tech empires, but they will be in for a different experience when they arrive at a San Francisco federal courthous…
    Published - 6 hours ago, 20 May 12, 9:53pm
  • newSamsung's mobile chief says has options to settle war with Apple
    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics' mobile division chief JK Shin said on Sunday the South Korean technology giant was still seeking to resolve differences in its international patent war with Apple Inc..
    Published - 20 hours ago, 20 May 12, 8:05am
  • Google says it has China's approval for Motorola deal
    (Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own lin…
    Published - 1 day ago, 20 May 12, 1:23am
  • Google says it won China's approval for Motorola deal
    (Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own lin…
    Published - 1 day ago, 19 May 12, 8:01pm
  • Historic Facebook debut falls flat
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at…
    Published - 2 days ago, 19 May 12, 12:53am
  • U.S. says will bar some Motorola Mobility phones
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said on Friday.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:17pm
  • Historic Facebook debut falls short of expectations
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at…
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 11:04pm
  • Intelsat Global files for $1.75 billion IPO
    (Reuters) - Intelsat Global Holdings S.A., the world's biggest operator of satellite services, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $1.75 billion in an initial public offering of its common stock.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 10:19pm

The Telegraph - Technology