May 2008 Archives

I remember a survey a few months back that showed the not too surprising finding that many companies didn't know the difference between SaaS, Web 2.0, and SOA -- and one survey that found companies were not interested in Web... Read More..

According to ITPro, interest in on-demand software is high but takeup is not meeting expectations. Stephen Pritchard looks at the delay SAP is facing in launching its Business ByDesign offering and the poor initial sales the company realized for the... Read More..

An article in ZDNet UK documents the reluctance of some businesses to use SaaS as a "core platform." The article describes how some companies, such as Kraft Foods, say they do not want to use SaaS because they wish for... Read More..

After SAP's recent announcement that it would delay the release of Business ByDesign, the media seems to be proclaiming the demise of SAP as a SaaS provider a bit too prematurely, I think. In an article on ZDNet UK, analysts... Read More..

It seems like people are increasingly talking about PaaS, or platform as a service, as being a major technology for cloud computing and future IT developments, so I caught up with David Abramowski, CEO of Morph Labs, for a conversation... Read More..

In an IT Business Edge blog, Ann All talks about the challenges SAP is facing in developing its long planned SaaS offering Business ByDesign. In the article, Alll speculates that the reason behind SAP's delays with Business ByDesign are that... Read More..

It's Monday but I'm sure the biggest news this week is likely to be Microsoft's abandonment of its bid to buy Yahoo, a move widely believed to have been an attempt by Microsoft to enter new Web and Enterprise 2.0... Read More..