business models

Brightbook will fail because it is free

March 22, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Brightbook is going to fail – at least in its current iteration. The model is fundamentally flawed. The other day I said that Brightbook approached me but that I had no desire to take a peek. Over the weekend I saw that AccountingWeb has spoken to the founders.  They got an answer to the all important [...]

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How SaaS makes free a good option

March 17, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

The notion of free doesn’t always sit well with many colleagues. If there is no monetary sale price then the theory runs that there is less value to be had than from levying a monetary charge. But is that true? One argument in favour of SaaS is that the buyer doesn’t have it make an [...]

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Pearl sticks its claws into IRIS

March 4, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Pearl has developed an integration to IRIS. It had to happen and it is an important landmark. I’ve long felt that the battleground among SaaS accounting providers will be fought on two fronts: directly with customers, which is already happening, and by the extent to which the providers can either give the professional what they [...]

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Settling the cloud hype confusion

February 28, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Now and again I see posts where I think: ‘Yep – that’s a keeper.’ So it is with David Terrar’s piece: Is the Cloud term an asset, or just marketing hype? The ongoing rumblings around the cloud’s technical definition have served to mask business value. Instead they’ve been used as a way vendors jockey for marketing [...]

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SaaS prices going up?

June 24, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

FOWA Tour- Roan Lavery View more Microsoft Word documents from Carsonified Team. The last couple of weeks I’ve been hearing a familiar sound: how do saas/on-demand businesses find a good business model? Each place I go I have heard the same question or a close approximation. This is important if you’re thinking about vendor viability. [...]

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