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The “bean counter” trope is long past due for retirement, but what’s the alternative? Kevin Phillips argues it’s time for accountants to embrace their inner sage. We’ve all heard all the cracks about accountants: we’re boring, we’re annoyingly obsessed with tiny details, we’re bean counters. With our tedious controls and processes we get in the way of more interesting people doing more interesting things. We’re necessary, like flossing and medical checks are necessary, but f

IDU are delighted to be acknowledged as a Leader in the Budgeting and Forecasting category by the prestigious G2 Crowd 2019 Spring Report, published earlier this month. The report which ranks and compares leading Budgeting, Reporting and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solutions based on market presence and customer satisfaction ratings was released on the 1st April 2019. G2 Crowd releases Grid® and Index Reports on a quarterly basis, ranking products based on reviews

Ponzi scheme! South Sea Bubble! Tulip mania! The dotcom bubble! These are some of the dramatic comparisons being made with the rise of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain. But Kevin Phillips has a different view. There are many reasons why companies like, famously, Kodak and Blockbuster, went bust thanks to being overtaken by their competitors’ innovation. Arrogance, ignorance, being slow to adapt, and analysis paralysis are just some. But I wonder how many also displayed an

Small and medium businesses can now take their budgeting and reporting to the next level thanks to idu-Concept’s launch on Amazon Web Service (AWS) Marketplace.  This means that SMEs can now access, via the cloud, idu-Concept, the business software solution that solves all the headaches of managing budgets using spreadsheets. With idu-Concept, financial managers of SMEs can improve turnaround times, increase business unit ownership of budgets, enable integrated and inclusive

Thank you to everybody who attended our 7th Annual User Conference earlier this month. It was a great success, filled with exceptional speakers, lessons and feedback. CEO, Kevin Philips shared the amazing consistent growth and success of the past few years, from revenue to the variety of industries we serve to our client base itself. This also included the exciting news that the IDU brand is no longer an exclusively South African brand; with idu-Concept being marketed and sol

CFOs, Financial Directors, Financial Managers, Financial Accountants, IT managers and other key financial role-players from near and far will once again be flying in to Cape Town for IDU’s Annual User Conference in March 2015. One of our points of pride at IDU is our collaboration with our clients to help them achieve whatever their business goals are through the support and use of our software, “If you can dream it, we can do it” – and thus the conference theme of Dreams was

Budgeting and reporting software solution idu-Concept is now available in the cloud, making its benefits available to medium-sized businesses without the expense and hassle of a major implementation project, the company has announced. “idu-Concept is an easy-to-use alternative to Excel budgeting that gives companies better control over their budget process, with greater accountability and transparency,” says IDU MD Kevin Phillips. “Over the past couple of years we’ve had a lo

Historically over 100 delegates from over 30 companies and cities all over South Africa and Africa attend idu’s Annual User Conference. This year we expect the turnout to be bigger than ever, as we launch the all new Version 5 of idu-Concept. The conference, aptly themed Generation V, will include CFOs, Financial Directors, Financial Managers, Financial Accountants and other key role-players in the financial department of their organisations. This year the conference will tak