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January 6, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Cloud and Security, Cutting Through the Hype

By Ben Kepes
A few months ago I spent half a day at IBM New Zealand’s Auckland offices running various interviews of IBM staffers. The project was part of my work as curator (disclaimer – that’s a self-awarded title) of IBM’s Business Insight web property. I was really interested to spend some time talki
January 5, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Summer Fun – Rant Redux #3

By Ben Kepes
Public relations, you gotta love it… I get releases and general communications from PR people on a daily basis. Some good, some not so good and some just plain bizarre. I thought I’d review my thoughts over the year about PR… In April I posted about the some bad experiences: A PR person (who
December 28, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Summer Fun – Rant Redux #1

By Ben Kepes
It seems only fair that while I’m off enjoying a (Southern Hemisphere) summer road trip, I should continue to provide my readers with some thoughts. I figured seeing I’ll be a million miles from anywhere, and unable to access decent connectivity, that a series of my ranty-est posts, with some ne
December 23, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

WebFinger – Paradigm Changing?

By Ben Kepes
I wrote a post recently about what billFLO is doing for small, Mom and Pop owner of Do it Best stores. This, along with some pretty exciting discussions I’d had both as part of The Small Business Web and privately with some other people, got me thinking about the reality on the ground for SMBs. Th
December 21, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

It’s About Focus – SMBs, SaaS, Knitting and Dogfood

By Ben Kepes
Awhile ago I posted a bit of a rant about an experience one of my businesses was having with a particular ISP who didn’t seem to understand the concept of customer service. Briefly I told the sorry tale of woe that we experienced with our site hosted on a traditional ISPs VPS offering. I got a bun
December 18, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

CloudCamp Australia/New Zealand – Taking it to the Next level

By Ben Kepes
I’m pretty excited to tell that I’ve been appointed as Australia/New Zealand organizer for CloudCamp. For those of you who don’t know, CloudCamps are events that allow: early adapters of Cloud Computing technologies [to] exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need
December 18, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Sliderocket – It’s Not just About Slides

By Ben Kepes
Image via CrunchBase I wrote a post earlier this year questioning the validity of the seemingly multitudinous numbers of applications offering a PowerPoint alternative – it just seems to be an exercise destined for futility. At the time, and after a brief glimpse of the Sliderocket offering I lum
December 16, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Carry The One – E-Commerce Integration FTW

By Ben Kepes
I’ve spoken many times before about the power of integration and what it can bring to businesses. I’ve also whined about the inefficiencies caused by separate, integrated services – one of my own businesses is a good example of this pain – having to receive e-commerce orders, manually enter
December 16, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Cloud Central – Answering the Geo Issue

By Ben Kepes
Cloud computing is the theme de jour – but one of the most common stumbling blocks to its adoption are the concerns around where data is located. In the US and Europe this isn’t too much of an issue but for those of us living in slightly more *isolated* regions, it’s an ongoing theme. Just the
December 14, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Defrag… And That’s a Wrap

By Ben Kepes
After the recent defrag conference, I traded emails with event organizer Eric Norlin. Defrag was the second Norlin Inc event I’d been to after attending Glue conference in May this year. After defrag I tweeted saying that Defrag and Glue, along with Antipodean event Webstock, are the three best co

The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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