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SaaS solutions need to mature. Rapidly

June 25, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

A coincidence arose today that got me thinking about the relative maturity of the various SaaS players. A couple of weeks back I wrote that in one selection case, the professional preferred Twinfield over one of the newer players even though the person acknowledged the Twinfield UI could be better. Function needs to lead form. [...]

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Brightpearl raises $1.5 million, beefs up team

June 24, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

BrightPearl, formerly known as Pearl has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Eden Ventures and Notion Capital. This is the largest single seed round for a UK based SaaS accounting solution. Chris Tanner, one of the founders called me up last evening to discuss the round and provide context for what is happening. I [...]

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Market growth shows stunning results

June 4, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I don’t follow every company that’s producing software in the market but most of the names shown above will be familiar. Quoting from Paul Turner who wrote some commentary around this: In a tough economic climate, the contrast couldn’t be more stark between cloud computing and the old way of running software – every other [...]

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Is SAP Business ByDesign affordable and would you choose it anyway?

May 24, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

SAP has a reputation for being expensive. Even at $149/user/month for a minimum of 25 users Business ByDesign still weighs in at $44,700 per annum or £30,900 (give or take) at today’s exchange rate. That still sounds like a lot until you hear that SAP is prepared to go down to 10 users. At this [...]

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Can we please get over the security issue?

May 16, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

What’s the matter with people? It seems that ever time there is some sort of discussion around saas accounting then some clown has to bring up security. This has been going on for several years and it is time to put this issue to bed. First a wee history lesson: SaaS accounting has been around [...]

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NetSuite hits numbers, plays whack-a-mole with SAP

May 4, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Earnings calls are usually such dull affairs with corporate executives rarely straying far from the script. NetSuite calls on the other hand are increasingly becoming something which one can look forward to in the certain knowledge CEO Zach Nelson of NetSuite will have a crack at any of Oracle/SAP or Microsoft. This last quarter’s term [...]

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New sponsor: Workbooks

March 30, 2010 General

A few weeks ago Jake Stride contacted me. Those of you familiar with Tactile CRM might remember this video I shot in October 2008. Tactile is still doing good but Jake is now working with Workbooks a more advanced CRM provider aiming at the kind of customer that will be interested in Salesforce.com or NetSuite. [...]

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Who's winning in the SaaS accounting stakes?

March 1, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Can we discern winners in the SaaS accounting stakes or is it too early? Unpacking web analytics data can help. Taking a leaf out of CloudAve’s book, but perhaps not being as artistic, I ran a DoubleClick AdPlanner analysis for some of the better known names in the SaaS accounting market and threw in a [...]

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What if your reseller went away?

February 4, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Reseller issues are an emerging topic for SaaS vendors. That means it should also be a topic for buyers. For years, buyers haven’t needed to give a second thought as to whether their software reseller will be around. Despite some consolidation, it has been a case of business as usual. SaaS disrupts that market in [...]

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A conversation with Paul Walker: CEO Sage

January 22, 2010 Featured

At the Paris launch of Sage X3 v.6, I had the opportunity to meet with Paul Walker, CEO Sage. It was our first time of meeting. In attendance were Christophe Letellier, GM Sage ERP X3 worldwide and Stuart Lynn, head of Sage mid-market R&D. I didn’t take the formal Q&A route but rather wanted to [...]

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