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Kevin Phillips

Kevin Philips IDU
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Kevin is the founder and CEO of idu Software. He has degrees in Commerce and Accounting, and started idu with partners James Smith and Wayne Claassen in 1998. Kevin is fast becoming a thought leader in his field, and makes regular comment in the media about current affairs affecting business, as well as accounting, finance, budgeting and software. He is a columnist for Accountancy South Africa and Tech Leader, and has been featured in Sunday Times, Business Day, Enterprise Risk, Succeed and Entrepreneur. He is also a guest speaker on Radio 702, Kaya FM and Summit TV. 

About IDU

Established in 1998, IDU was created by accountants and financial systems specialists to deliver smart software solutions for budgeting and financial reporting across all standard ERP and financial systems. The flagship product, idu-Concept, is specifically designed to overcome issues that get in the way of effective budgeting, forecasting and reporting.

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4th Apr 2018

APIs: enabling best-of-breed solutions for your business

Think about your smartphone and the apps you have loaded onto it. Sure, it arrived with some apps pre-loaded, but most you have probably...
  • Finance & strategy
22nd Feb 2018

The modern day alchemist: Turning busy into time

With all the technology we have at our disposal, it’s astonishing that manual processes still take up so much of our time. Kevin Philips...
  • Finance & strategy
23rd Jan 2018

In 2018, consider the cost of doing nothing

Kevin Philips, CEO of IDU, urges businesses and their accountants not to avoid the ‘cost of doing nothing’ jobs. Whether you are champing...
  • Finance & strategy
11th Dec 2017

End-of-year reviews: Pass me my crystal ball

Kevin Phillips, CEO at forecasting firm IDU, takes a look at how to prepare your business for the year ahead in uncertain times. End-of-...
  • Finance & strategy
25th Oct 2017

Spreadsheets: Victims of their own success?

There is so much talk of digital disruption today that it is easy to forget that one of the most significant disruptors of them all has...
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20th Sep 2017

Expense management: Honing the double-edged sword

Kevin Phillips, CEO of Idu Software, examines some of the issues growing businesses encounter around expense management. “Expense...
  • Finance & strategy
22nd Aug 2017

Holy cow, the robots are coming!

Kevin Phillips tackles the tricky subject of succession planning in an era of increasing automation. Back in the day, when I set out on...
  • Finance & strategy
14th Jun 2017

The storm on the horizon for cloud computing

Kevin Phillips outlines the delicate balance for those wanting to realise the benefits of cloud computing but needing to comply with local...
  • Tech pulse
9th May 2017

FS system migrations: Beware the pitfalls and enjoy the upsides

Kevin Phillips, CEO of Idu Software, outlines some of the top issues to consider when upgrading your financial systems. The Apple iPad is...
  • Tech pulse
5th Apr 2017

South Africa and the law of unintended consequences

Kevin Phillips, CEO of South African forecasting tool IDU , examines the side-effects created by well-intentioned government legislation,...
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