I have recently paid lot more attention to identify the biggest threat to the growth of e-invoicing and document exchange solutions worldwide. And my conclusion sadly is, it is the paper that we love dearly and hate equally. Tags: paper, workflow management, document exchange, e-invoicing, EIPP
In January 2007, 2,847 executives worldwide responded to a survey conducted by McKinsey on business usage of web 2.0 technologies. Key conclusions were: Identify web 2.0 technologies as strategic Plans to increase investment in web 2.0 technologies Less reliance is placed on well know web 2.0 trends such as blogs Greatest importance is placed on technologies that enable automation and networking such as web services. According to the survey results, the most popular web 2.0 trends in order of popularity are (with brief explanation of various technologies): Webservices – allows disparate software systems to communicate with each other automatically Collective…
The second event of "NW StartUp 2.0" was held on 15th March 2007 at KPMG Manchester, sponsored by KPMG. Many thanks to Steven Livingston of KPMG for providing a superb venue and food, and working with me to make the event successfull. The evening started as planned with a quick introduction by me and Steven. First to take the stand was Anish Kapoor, CEO of Yuuguu. Anish spoke about Telecity (now TelecityRedbus) he co-founded with Mike Kelly, and other start ups he worked with before starting up Yuuguu with Philip Hemsted. He spoke about the value of having a spouse…
Just a quick note to say that the inaugural event of OpenCoffee Manchester will take place on the 27th March 2007 at Starbucks, Television House, 10, Mount St, Manchester, Manchester M2 5NT. It will be held from 07:30am to 09:30am. But I understand the coffee shop opens at 6:30am and closes around midnight. So, don’t feel under pressure to stop your conversation at 09:30am. Whilst you do not need to register for the event, I am using upcoming.org as the key website for planning this regular weekly event. So, I appreciate if you take few minutes to register. Ed French…