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IDU NEWS AND INSIGHTS


IDU supports the Santa Shoebox Project, do you?
The Santa Shoebox Project is a wonderful cause that the idu team has supported annually over the past four years. Started in our home...
Oct 15, 20142 min read


Idu-Concept Version 5 Update
Earlier this year, we introduced the new and improved Version 5 of our flagship product idu-Concept at our idu User Conference and we...
Oct 7, 20142 min read


The silver lining of cloud computing
Many businesses put large amounts of time and money into investing in and managing their hardware and software. This is all fine and well...
Sep 15, 20142 min read


idu-Concept Spend Management
idu-Concept Spend Management is a comprehensive solution and a sophisticated add-on to most accounting and ERP solutions. It complements...
Sep 1, 20142 min read


Redefining Longevity
Today’s workforce is more dynamic than ever before; new generation employees will change jobs and even careers a number of times...
Aug 20, 20142 min read


Hiring based on discrimination
I am against hiring people because there is a law that tells me I have to, whether it is because of race, gender, age or hair colour. In...
Aug 8, 20142 min read


Next Generation Leadership
Leadership is evolving with the next generation. The way things were done in the past, from pyramid corporate structures to top-down...
Jul 28, 20142 min read


Risk Management – Using the weapons in your armoury
Risk Management can feel like going to war; there are threats on the horizon and it could take substantial investments of time, resources...
Jul 14, 20142 min read


If Poker is just a game of chance then so is business
If you don’t know what you’re doing in poker, you can lose with the best hand at the table. Conversely, if you’re skilled and a little...
Jun 30, 20142 min read


Business Analytics: Not all tools are created equal
Although there are many Business Intelligence and Business Analytics tools out there, they are definitely not all created equal. In order...
Jun 17, 20142 min read


Accounting for Bribery – Corruption or Practicality?
A local news story on a forensic audit which uncovered a petty cash slip made out for R 5,000 and described as “bribe money” for a...
Jun 2, 20145 min read


Forecasting in life and business
Forecasting in all things is a delicate balance between what we know and what we can learn, and it is used to guide us and help us plan...
May 19, 20143 min read


Alerting you to the power of alerts
It is all fine and well that you have embraced the shift in managing budgets by getting input from your staff from all levels of your...
May 5, 20142 min read


Empowering your employees
Too many businesses in South Africa see their employees as a problem to be managed as opposed to an asset to be optimised. Your business...
Apr 22, 20142 min read


Dynamic Budgeting – The good, the average & the ugly
Your budget should be one of the most important documents guiding your business decisions; but to get the most out of it, it needs take...
Apr 14, 20142 min read


Asset Management
Keeping track of your assets when you are a large business, such as a university with several campuses or a company with far-flung...
Mar 31, 20143 min read


idu-Concept Version 5
IDU Software introduced the new and improved Version 5 of their flagship product idu-Concept at the IDU User Conference held last week....
Mar 17, 20142 min read


idu-Concept now available in the cloud
Budgeting and reporting software solution idu-Concept is now available in the cloud, making its benefits available to medium-sized...
Mar 3, 20142 min read


Education, not BEE, is the only way to true transformation
South Africa has been operating under a post apartheid government for 20 years. Given that all new entrants to the workforce today have...
Feb 17, 20142 min read


Transparency – the solution to business and government corruption
Some days it feels like there is a new story of bribery, corruption or nepotism in our papers every day, but this is the case wherever...
Feb 3, 20142 min read
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