Julian Stone

The natural shift from Code sales to SaaS (Software as a Service)

September 26, 2008

Business

“Code customers only make up 8% of our customer base (today), it shows you the move from code to SaaS, 100% of our customers used to be code” – this was a quote I noticed on a staff members…

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“SaaS market will ‘collapse’ in two years” – I don’t think so!

September 9, 2008

Business, IT, SaaS, The Cloud

Collapse, SaaS, Software as a Service

Why is it that doomsayers popup every now and then with a completely negative message and somehow manage to get major press. Harry Debes, CEO of Law Software has publicly declared that the sky will fall on SaaS (Software…

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Thumbs up to the Xero API!

July 24, 2008

Business, IT, SaaS, Uncategorized

accounting, API, Integration, project management, ProWorkflow v6, Web based, Xero

Our development team have been working on an integration module between our ProWorkflow application and Xero. ProWorkflow is web based project management software and XERO is web based accounting software. Both operate under a SaaS (Software As A Service)…

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The Software Industry – in a Nutshell!

June 19, 2008

Business

I’ve been talking to someone today about what the software industry and SaaS game is like to work in. Just saying it’s “fast-paced” or “ever changing” didn’t quite cut it. Those of us in the industry will appreciate my…

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If only Twitter had listened to me a year ago! They wouldn’t be in the pickle they are now!

June 11, 2008

Design, Economic Development, Efficiency, IT, New business, SaaS, Strategy

Advice, Business, entrepreneurship, Start Ups, Startups, Tips, Web Businesses

About a year ago, I did a series of YouTube vids for a laugh and also to share some advice I’ve learnt along the way developing www.proworkflow.com with our talented team. Although I’m a year older now, and a…

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Can Microsoft be rebranded? or are they doomed to the position of ‘nerd’ forever?

May 25, 2008

Business, Design, SaaS, Strategy

Apple, Microsoft, Rebranding, rod drury, SaaS

Rod Drury wrote an interesting post over on his blog about what he would do if in charge of Microsoft. Have a read of the post – here’s the link: http://www.drury.net.nz/2008/05/24/if-i-was-in-charge-2/ But as much as I agree with nearly…

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Some Morning Thoughts on Scale, Profitability and Margins in Software and SaaS companies.

May 6, 2008

Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, SaaS

Business, marketing, Model, Profitability, Resource, SaaS, software, Startup

It’s a hard balance being in the Software/SaaS (Software as a Service) industry. We can put lots of time and focus into systems and development, but sales may suffer… or we focus on sales and then development suffers… ProActive…

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Ever wondered how a SaaS based project management software company manages software projects?

March 7, 2008

Business, IT, SaaS

Business, project management, SaaS, software

Our SaaS business focuses on a project management solution we rent to a global userbase (servers in the USA, the business is remotely run from NZ). No matter how hard we drive home the ‘Value & ROI’ message, there’s…

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SWAGS – Update on previous post

March 7, 2008

Business, IT, SaaS

This is an update to the SWAGS (Silly Wild Ass Guess) post about accuracy of research published online….

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SWAGS – Interesting, but can you trust the research?

February 8, 2008

IT, SaaS

New Zealand, Project Management Software, ProWorkflow, SaaS, Software as a Service

I just found this article about the size of the SaaS market in New Zealand. Have a quick read as it’s interesting Here’s the article (and the first paragraph)… ——————– Software-as-a-Service Ups Its Game in New Zealand “Market Expected…

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