Technology for Accountants in Practice | Top Accountants

Let me firstly say that, in the past, I have been a real fan of QuickBooks.  When I started Pearson & Associates in 1995, I recommended QuickBooks to any clients who would listen.  I have never liked Sage Line 50, it was QuickBooks all the way for me. Then things changed.  Intuit, the makers of [...]

In a post on the Xero Blog today, Mark Vickers discusses how users of software (desktop or web-based) are always vulnerable to “vendor lock-in” – in essence having their data stuck in a system they now want out of. He cites the example of FaceBook’s recent change to its privacy policy, then moves on to [...]