General: October 2007 Archives

Just about everything seems to be available in version 2.0 these days. I think the first was Web 2.0, which as you probably know indicates the development of the Internet into an interactive, collaborative, social network. And then came Business... Read More..

The concept of Platforms at a Service (PaaS) has that distinct smell of overambition that waft through the IT sector with more regularity than most of us would probably like. To recap, PaaS is about offering an online platform complete... Read More..

IT Week has an interesting commentary by Rod Newing on how SaaS may impact the mission critical accounting systems market. Like many other fields, SaaS is a common topic in accounting circles, but analysts quoted in the article predict that... Read More..

If you've visited SaaS Week before, you have probably noticed that the interface has changed. I'm happy to announce that we have just finished migrating SaaSWeek.com onto its new home in the ebizQ network. Now that SaaS Week has officially... Read More..

I read an interesting blog post today by Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet, in which Blankenhorn mused on whether primitive Internet connection speeds would drag down growth in niches like Software-as-a-Service. Blankenhorn asked his wife to try an online spreadsheet application... Read More..