April 2008 Archives

When companies are developing SaaS applications, billing is a very important consideration but sometimes ends up as an afterthought, says Ed Sullivan, CEO of Aria Systems. Ed joined me for a talk about things to keep in mind on the... Read More..

Once thought to be the realm of SMBs, SaaS is increasingly becoming more prevalent in the enterprise. CIO Australia has a good article about this today that profiles the rise of SaaS in larger companies. The article quotes Capgemini's head... Read More..

The news of the day is Microsoft's launch of its Live Mesh synchronization offering, a key part of its Software Plus Services initiative. The IT media is abuzz with stories about Live Mesh and what it brings to the field.... Read More..

Intelligent Enterprise has posted a review of Microsoft's SQL Server Data Services. Rajan Chandras calls the offering a late but promising entry into the field for the mid-market, predicting that the offering might help businesses attempting to enter cloud computing... Read More..

An article by Glenn Derene at Popular Mechanics questions whether social networking sites might ultimately "kill" search. In the article, Derene refers to a venture capitalist who has predicted that Web 2.0 will ultimately be the main way that people... Read More..

Matthew Broersma at TechWorld has written an interesting article about potential security vulnerabilities in Google Apps, particularly in Google Spreadsheets. According to work done by researcher Billy Rios, a security flaw (now fixed) was present in Google Spreadsheets that left... Read More..

The differentiation between true SaaS and hosted traditional software has been the subject of much debate, and recently I was joined by Paul Giurata of Catalyst Resources for an interesting discussion about the matter, plus tips that companies can keep... Read More..

The big news of the day has been the expansion of a partnership between Salesforce.com and Google, in which Salesforce will offer Google Apps on its cloud computing infrastructure, integrating the functionality with Salesforce's CRM services. Some industry analysts are... Read More..

With the recent big announcement of the preview of Google App Engine, a further addition to the cloud computing field that is sure to make an impact of some sort, a minor scandal has erupted today in the media: A... Read More..

The big SaaS and Web 2.0 news of the day seems to be the Google App Engine. In a press release yesterday, Google announced a preview release of the app engine, a tool that allows developers to deploy code on... Read More..

Various SaaS vendors have been predicting that SaaS adoption would increase in harsher economic times. According to a new IDC report, that seems to be becoming reality in Europe. The researchers found that 37% of IT leaders planned to invest... Read More..

An advertising firm called Modernista! is getting a lot of attention for its new so-called website. The firm apparently dismantled its own website in favor of a floating menu bar that superimposes its logo and a small clickable menu over... Read More..

I read an interesting comment in CNET today that gave me a flashback to the early days of my life as a technology editor back in the throes of the late 1990s dotcom boom. I remember watching the headlines with... Read More..

Brian Jackson of IT Business News Canada reports that experts are cautioning businesses to embrace rather than reject social networking. Referencing a recent study by the Association for Information and Image Management that concluded that businesses were not on the... Read More..