Author: Pete Loughlin

It used to be the preserve of the geeks then the teenagers and the silver surfers and finally just about everybody started to embrace social media. And corporations have got on the band wagon too. There's been lots of debate recently about whether twitter or social media generally is an important tool in the business world with many remaining unconvinced of its worth. But despite the scepticism, corporate twitter accounts, facebook pages and company blogs are now becoming firmly established as important marketing and information channels. But this can be  dangerous - very dangerous indeed, because to get things wrong is worse than not doing anything at all.

CUPERTINO, California—April 01, 2011—Apple® today announced the launch of its new augmented reality device, the iPatch. Utilising retina projection display technology, the device projects images directly onto the wearer's retina. The iPatch features an entirely new way of projecting images that allows the wearer to...

We're delighted to welcome Lars Kjærsgaard as one of our first guest bloggers. Lars is an International Sales Manager & Account Manager at EDB Consulting Group in Denmark and has some great insights into successfully moving toward 100% electronic invoicing. In my mind there exist at least 5 methods/ways to either automate or semi-automate invoice entry:

AP automation has got a bad name for itself in some quarters. You will often hear of projects that meant well but either failed to meet expectations or were abandoned completely. There are many reasons why projects fail such as poor change management or lack of sufficient resource but for AP automation projects, there are three particular issues that crop up again and again in failed or disappointing projects.

Purchasing InsightThe press releases from Iron Mountain recently raised a few eyebrows amongst the e-invoicing community. The announcement that they were to set up a 500 person strong unit in Europe to offer e-invoicing services to business was met with some surprise. Well, it seems, according to a source close to what is going on, that the U.S. based firm, known for it's traditional archiving offering, is coming to play in the relatively mature e-invoicing market in Europe with its eyes wide open. We understand that Iron Mountain will be bringing a number of products to the market, underpinned by a strategic alliance with Basware, one of the leading, established e-invoicing players.