A new McKinsey report just released documents the paradigm shift evident in corporate IT. The survey canvassed 850 corporate software buyers and shows just how much attention on-demand is gaining in their minds. Key takeaways; SaaS is rapidly becoming…
News from ZDNet that SAP Business by Design may be delayed until the end of 2009. Yet another breathing spell offered to salesforce, netsuite and the ther SaaS vendors.
Zoho announced this morning that it is the first on-demand application to support VB macros and pivot tables. While I, like Zoli, use about 5% of the functionality that MS excel offers, it’s obvious that this development means more…
Check out this interesting article. Some interesting takeaways; SaaS means faster time to market and a more business centric cost model that allows for closer aligning of IT costs to business impact some companies deploy a SaaS solution as…
With all the attention of late that PaaS providers are getting, it seems a good time to reflect on the stark contrast between two types of SaaS provider: those who do their own infrastructure, and those who farm it…
Astute readers will know, or have worked out, that I’m involved in a couple of projects that seek to build communities of interest. I really believe in the power of the network and the efficiency to be gained by…
(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) I’m gonna make three points: SaaS is thin to the max Web 2.0 is SaaS PLUS the Internet Enterprise 2.0 is “Web 2.0” within the organisation SaaS? “Software…
An interesting article this morning calling for more Diversity in corporate boards (actually it called for more diversity but I couldn’t help plug Diversity Ltd’s governance experience!). I’ve had a bit to do with the pool of professional directors…
One year ago today the first posting to what would eventually become Diversity Blogs was made. It seemed then an opportune time for a little reflection and statistical measurement; 841 posts 1112 comments 8 contributors (some major some less…