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June 7, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Intuit Rolls Out Anywhere–QuickBooks Integration, Anywhere

By Ben Kepes

I’ve written at length previously about the Intuit Partner Platform, a platform that aims to allow third party developers to build solutions that integrate with QuickBooks. I’ve always loved the concept of IPP – I believe that, especially for SMB customers, providing a rich common data model is key to

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April 1, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Another day of Salesforce News, Strategic Alliance with Intuit

By Ben Kepes

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 heart, relating as it does to SMBs. This morning Intuit and

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October 29, 2010 Posted in Business 1 Comment

DataGroup Eases the SaaS Barrier to Adoption

By Ben Kepes

One of the barriers to more widespread adoption of SaaS accounting applications is the high degree to which accounting applications are “sticky”. In other words, the high level of workflow that gets built into application use over time, combined with the difficulty of migrating from one application to another, created

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May 26, 2010 Posted in enterprise, Strategy 2 Comments

Suite vs Best of Breed – Let the Battle Begin (Yet Again)

By Ben Kepes
A month or so ago I sat in a room with a small group of bloggers discussing the enterprise software space with NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson and one sentence he said stuck in my mind: The same was is playing out in this space all over again. And just like last time, the suite’s will win Nelson was an
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July 29, 2008 Posted in Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, PaaS, SaaS, Strategy Leave a comment

ISV’s morphing to SaaS

By Ben Kepes

I’ve posted often abut the difficulties traditional ISV’s face when moving to an on-demand delivery. The recent announcement by Microsoft of it’s latest tranche of software+services offerings has further caused fear and consternation among a number of traditional vendors. It was interesting then to real Phil’s post about Synergation, a

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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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