A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post that garnered a fair amount of attention. In the post I talked about where I see PaaS developing and suggested that there would be a clear split between what I’ve…
Disclosure – I am an adviser to Connect2Field, but I still think this is pretty interesting I’m stoked to be an advisor to Connect2Field. They’re an Australian startup, but not wanting to hold that against them, what I really…
I’ve written a few posts already (both here and elsewhere) about this years SXSW conference. In an ongoing occasional series I’m going to jot down some notes about standout sessions or panels – sometimes they stood out for the…
A couple of days ago the pundits were closely following the news that salesforce.com had acquired social media monitoring company Radian6. Today it’s a story that is less likely to be covered, but one that is close to my…
A few weeks ago, the shock du jour was the (slightly tongue in cheek) resignation by Christian Reilly from his (very tongue in cheek) position of President of the Private Cloud. There needs to be a little background to…
Last week while attending SXSW I was invited to the party being hosted by The Small Business Web. While there I was given a copy of Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book, The Thank You Economy. Most people will know of…
While in San Jose recently attending the Cloud Connect event, I took the opportunity to meet up with Jamcracker to get a briefing both on their solution and what they’re currently working on. Jamcracker is a 10 year old…
I recently published a CloudU whitepaper looking at the economics of Cloud Computing. In it I pointed out the added value that cloud computing can bring, beyond any cost savings. Case in point: a local bank has introduced a…
At the recent Xero Partner Conference held in New Zealand, Xero bought US based CPA, Jason Blumer to present to Australasian accountants about his view of the future of accounting practices.While he was here, and beyond the obligatory bungee…
Big news this morning from FreshBooks, the Canadian SaaS invoicing company that boasts over two million customers, are announcing the availability of their very own app store – yes, just when you thought there weren’t enough app stores in…