IT Zone's 2007-08 predictions - you can't win 'em all

Thanks for the props John - a few things:

On the discussion around XBRL, 'Elizabeth' made the point about aggregated data, suggesting it doesn't get talked about enough. That's such a no brainer I'm equally surprised. I'll have more to say on this later.

On-demand. While you are correct concerning the profession, less so in the wider market. This year will see a major vendor bring out an on demand product that will stun the market. Again - more later. However, let us not forget that inertia has its part to play. The incumbent vendors have no interest in promoting this as an alternative model because it wounds their existing products in ways they cannot parse financially. On-demand economics are becoming so attractive to buyers that it will be very difficult to stop the trend. Actually - it will be impossible, especially since NetSuite's incredibly successful IPO and Salesforce.com's success.

As to social networking - expect to hear something on this in the next couple of months that will blow a lot of your readers away. Seriously. I have something I've been itching to talk about for a long time but it's not quite baked. Nearly, but not quite.

The list of accounts software that actually support XBRL filing with companies house is at

http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/toolsToHelp/accountsSoftware.shtml

The first column shows packages which can file XBRL accounts.
I particularly like the one on the top of the list !

David Forbes