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When GMail seems to have issues friends can save you

May 25, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

As someone who does not have a printer and tries to do as much in the Internet cloud as is possible, I’ve come to rely on certain services. One of those is GMail. It sits at the centre of my world. So when over the last few days I started to notice ‘odd’ behavior I [...]

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Welcome to the Wooden Tops show

April 14, 2010 Humour

If you have the patience then do watch this video. If not then enjoy the illustration above from my friend Hugh MacLeod. I give these guys credit for trying to tackle a topic that frequently gets raised in discussions around SaaS. Unfortunately the delivery is…ummm…stilted and far too full of geek speak for the average [...]

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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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The New Polymath – consumerization of technology

March 17, 2010 Innovation

The New Polymath, my friend Vinnie Mirchandani’s new book is getting closer to the finish line. In the latest excerpt, he talks about the consumerization of technology and how it is impacting all our lives. It makes for thought provoking reading. A few snippets: SOHO is no longer just a Manhattan neighborhood but a growing [...]

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Google Apps Marketplace: ready for prime time?

March 11, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Is Google Apps Marketplace ready for prime time or is this another example of Google’s perennial beta program? Google Apps Marketplace opened yesterday to great fanfare. At one point I was receiving around 10 emails an hour informing me of new services being added into the platform. Naturally, the first place I looked was in [...]

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What's up at the IoD?

March 1, 2010 General

I see that Dan Martin pointed to an IoD post entitled Google Buzz – Good for Business? Interesting you might think until you read through. What’s wrong with the piece? Answers after the jump.

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Google's massively important 3%

February 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Google’s 3% revenue coming from enterprise applications is massively important. The graphic running down the side of this post (courtesy of Pingdom) tells the main story. A few years ago, Google’s revenue from this ‘licenses’ line item was piffling. 3% doesn’t sound a lot but it represents $760 million. Going back to 2008, Henry Blodget [...]

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Telegraph Media Group webinar report

February 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Yesterday’s saas/cloud customer focused webinar which featured the Telegraph Media Group was all that I had hoped for and then some. There was a solid attendance and the quality of questions coming in was excellent. We ran over time by 15 minutes largely due to the Q&A. That’s always a good sign. I understand the [...]

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Dumping Buzz: it ain't that simple

February 12, 2010 General

In my last post about Buzz, I assumed that the Lifehacker article talking about turning Buzz off would do the trick. Seems I was mistaken. According to Jessica Dolcourt over at CNet, there is much more to be done because: Disabling Buzz isn’t enough. My previous buzzes are still visible to anyone looking for them. [...]

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Six simple things you can do to assess saas apps performance

September 22, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Ben Kepes has an intriguing post about the extent to which you might wish to put a presentation onto one of the web sharing sites like SlideRocket or Slideshare. It’s intriguing because he brings up the thorny problem of access on less than stellar network connections: A large proportion of presentations are delivered while mobile [...]

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