I bumped into a couple of the folks from iPayroll last week. iPayroll [Diversity coverage here] is a New Zealand based SaaS payroll service.
There has been a fair amount of chatter around the blogosphere around the role of design vs functionality for software, especially SaaS software – iPayroll has come in for a reasonable amount of criticism for it’s look – in this interview we briefly touch on the design issue but focus primarily on the user-centric/solution-centric discussion.
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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. 
I love these interviews…
Keep up the good work Ben!
It would have been great if I’d tracked down a microphone for this one to eliminate the background noise. Lesson for the next interview… perhaps with the CEO of a SaaS project management tool??
All in good time Ben – All in good time!