Explaining SaaS Trust and SaaS Platforms Metaphorically
Although SaaS is in and of itself of a unique and powerful model of software delivery, there is much to learn from industry’s that have produced either perfect or imperfect parallels. When I say...
View ArticleWill ‘Beta’ Fly in B2B SaaS?
“Beta” The word somehow snuck its way into the plethora of Web 2.0 buzzwords. GMail and Google Calendar!…beta. Windows Live Alerts, Gallery, QnA, Soapbox, Office, and Mail!…beta. Flickr!…gamma. (?)...
View ArticleSmoke & Mirrors Alert: What is Salesforce Trying to Say?
Although most people don’t realize it, plenty of advertising and announcement techniques use “sleight of hand” style approaches to exploit your first glance and focus your attention on the content of...
View ArticleGoogle Buys Postini Solutions
The SaaS world is abuzz around Google yet again with yesterday’s news that Google will acquire on-demand communications security firm Postini Solutions for $625 million. The acquisition is aimed at...
View ArticleEnterprise SaaS != Web 2.0: A Quick Hosting Perspective
I like a good mystery just as much as the next guy, and this story’s got it all. If you haven’t got the time or interest to read the whole forum thread, here’s the synopsis: Jatol.com (no hyperlink...
View ArticleSaaS Adoption’s Secret Weapon: Hosting Providers
It’s common place to discuss SaaS adoption as being driven by either an ISVs need to remain competitive or tackle new markets, or by customer demand to move responsibility away from internal IT to an...
View ArticleSaaS & Learning from Malcolm McLean
For those who don’t know who Malcolm McLean is, I’ll give a brief introduction. Malcolm McLean invented the modern shipping container: you know, the ones that come in on cargo ships, are craned onto...
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