July 28, 2009

Stay Tuned for a Stronger Microsoft

You would have to living on the side of a mountain not to hear about Microsoft and the problems its endured over the last several years: declining revenues, slow-to-market product growth and the shortcomings of Windows Vista are just a few of the issues. I believe things are about to change – for the better.... Read more »

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

You would have to living on the side of a mountain not to hear about Microsoft and the problems its endured over the last several years: declining revenues, slow-to-market product growth and the shortcomings of Windows Vista are just a few of the issues.

I believe things are about to change – for the better. This fall will see the debut of Windows 7, and although experts tell us it’s really only a bandage to fix Vista’s problems, it’s still expected to be huge in terms of business and consumer buy-in.

What I like even better – and the rationalization for my opinions – is the way Microsoft will capture the Web-enabled market through Office 2010. explains how this off-the-shelf software is getting a cloud computing-like makeover:

“If you’re used to collaborating on documents over email, or ensuring remote access to files by emailing them to yourself, Office Live Workspace is a completely new way of doing business.”

This statement is obviously designed to capture our attention because it’s one of those “duh” statements. Of course, all of us collaborate on documents over e-mail and want remote access. In our SaaS-designed world, this will become the standard of doing business.

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Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

Growth Strategist

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA, is Growth Strategist for Rightworks, where he delivers value to accounting firms every day via current, relevant thought leadership. Having managed his own CPA firm for more than 30 years, Darren’s vast accounting experience is rivaled only by his passion for helping firm owners modernize and transform their practices into thriving, sustainable enterprises. Darren’s real-world experience and innovative ideas incite both clarity and excitement among our customers as they work to build their own modern, highly profitable and technologically savvy firms. Over the years, Darren has earned numerous awards as an influencer and continues to add to the profession’s broad knowledge base via books and podcasts: Top 100 Most Influential People award Top 25 Thought Leader award Author of The Intentional Accountant Co-author of The E-Myth Accountant