NW StartUp 2.0 - 2nd event
Above event will be sponsored by KPMG Manchester. Further details will be announced on http://www.manojranaweera.com over the next few days Read Full Story
I have moved………..
It all happened at the pub on last Friday. The result is this blog has a new host thanks to Ixis boys, Chris and Mike. Please reset your links to http://www.manojranaweera.com Read Full Story
Success measured by transaction volume - A maturing industry
In Nov 2006, Causeway reported annual transaction volume in excess of 2.5 million for its Tradex platform, which has been operational for number of years and was originally designed specifically for the construction industry. Causeway also reported the value of transactions to be in excess of £1bn, i.e. an average transaction value of £400. Tradex’s customers include Sir Robert McAlpine, Taylor Woodrow, Morgan Sindall, Amec, Alfred McAlpine, Aggregate Industries, CEMEX, Tarmac, Hanson,... Read Full Story
Bruno Koch - the man behind EXPP events
Bruno Koch has been providing consultancy services in addition to running EXPP events for the last 10 years. His company, Billentis offers advisory services to clients seeking EIPP and EBPP solutions, similar to my idea of forming ebdex Consultancy. Bruno has provided consultancy services to more than 100 customers from over 20 countries, a track record only to be congratulated. Bruno has done more to promote EIPP/e-invoicing solutions in Europe than anyone else I know. The third EXPP summit... Read Full Story
Closure of BT Transact
I spent most of this morning trying to ascertain whether BT Transact can be resurrected, as I saw an opportunity. Alas to my dismay, the decision was taken at least 7 months ago when BT wrote to their customers giving them 12 months notice. BT has made alternative arrangements for these companies including helping them to migrate to solutions offered by other companies. Now less than 10 customers are on the platform, and BT will continue to help them move to different solutions. It seems tha... Read Full Story
NW StartUp 2.0 - 2nd Event in March 07
NW StartUp 2.0 brings software entrepreneurs and investment community under one roof. If you are interested in attending the next event, please choose dates you are able to attend from those listed on doodle. References: etribes this blog upcoming.org David Terrar’s blog TechCrunch - Sam’s old blog Tags: NW StartUp 2.0, NW StartUp20, StartUp20, doodle, funding, entrepreneurship, start up Read Full Story
Mybloglog Test
Recent Readers View Entire Community Provided by MyBlogLog This blog is hosted by wordpress.com. I have been trying to get mybloglog widget to work. Unfortunately, wordpress.com strips out many of the coding including scripts and style sheets which cause significant difficulties when you deal with widgets. Let me know if you have successfully integrated mybloglog to a wordpress blog hosted by wordpress.com. Many thanks. Tags: Mybloglog Read Full Story
Version One finally brings justice to their website
Have you visited Version One’s website in the past? Were you impressed? Probably the answer was "no". Have a look at their new website. Except for "Copyright 2006" at the bottom of page, it looks great. My disappointment is that there is no blog. But they have provided a RSS feed. What is also missing is details of the Board and the senior management. Perhaps, this is due to the fact that Version One is a family owned business. Actually owned by two families, Bray a... Read Full Story
Manchester Business School gets a blog and welcomes a New Director
Thanks to Bhaskar Mahendrakar, a full time MBA Student at Manchester Business School (MBS), I learned today that the School has finally started a blog in Oct 06. The idea is to capture the thoughts of MBA students during their stay at the School. In addition, MBS finally saw the arrival of their new Director, Professor Michael Luger. I am happy announce that he also plans to blog. What a refreshing change. It would even be better if the school starts to treat their students as clients (a qu... Read Full Story
What do we know about Philippines BPO industry?
According to an article published by DDC HRO, Philippines boasts the following facts about its Cyber Services Corridor: 600 miles from Baguio in Northern Luzon to Zamboanga in Mindanao. Served by $10 billion high bond Served by Profiber backbone and digital network Home to 75,000 call centres and BPO agents Speaks English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese and Arabic Cultural disposition for service provision and customer care Wow, I never thought Philippines as a BPO hub! Tags: Phillippines, DDC ... Read Full Story