We don’t cover many enterprise type applications here, but that’s no reason not to when one comes along that’s neat and produced by some old pals, which you can take as a sort of declaration of interest. Having said that, no matter how well you might know me, I won’t write about your stuff unless I like it, or at least have something to say about it.

Now I’d be the first to admit that enterprise apps can be a little boring. In fact, in some ways, the better they are, the more boring they’re in danger of becoming, because they just…well, they just work and do what they’re meant to, solving some pain and leaving you free to get on with the more enjoyable aspects on running your business. 

TOMMIE is just that kind of thing, so if you run a small or medium sized business, give it a try and you’ll find it removes an awful lot of the boring bits that everyone hates doing. 

At its core is a browser based calendaring system which coordinates everyone’s diaries in a sub-group or company. But because it’s online and browser based, it works across Macs (yes honestly) and PCs and really well on supported mobile phones. And obviously, you don’t need to worry about updates for the software, in the salesforce.com manner.

But once you get under the skin of this, you realise there’s a whole bunch more to it. It organises holidays for staff, for example, ranging from keeping track of holidays taken (a perennial office management issue), allows managers to authorise staff requests and avoiding clashes of critical people going AWOL at the same time.

It keeps time sheets for you, so if you’re that kind of company, ranging from legal, accounting to ad and web agencies, you know exactly who to bill at the end of the month. 

Then it manages expenses, that old bugbear of any road warrior’s life, allowing you to keep track and allocate expenses to specific clients if you run that kind of business.

I could go on, but this is packed with features (including great reporting tools) you’ll find curiously addictive and wonder how you ever managed without them. There’s a free trial and I defy you not to sign up as a paying customer once you’ve tried it, which currently costs less than £40 ($78) per user per year. 

It’s worth it because it simply takes away lots of the bits that no one really enjoys doing, even (or maybe especially) the most dedicated office manager.