• What do SMEs need from CRM…

    December 20, 2007

    Business
     

    I’ve been thinking abut CRM and how it relates to SMEs. The way I see it Salesforce is primarily a medium/large business offering – it’s good but it’s just too complex for smaller businesses. On the other hand, contact…

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  • Save the “Swiss” Army Knife

    December 20, 2007

    Business
     

    News that the Swiss army is considering going to international tender for supply of the “Swiss” Army Knife. Sacrilege! Apparently tight new airline riles, as well as competition from the likes of Gerber and Leatherman is making life difficult…

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  • Online office productivity uptake…

    December 19, 2007

    Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Web x.0
     

    A couple of posts in the past day got me interested. Seems some research has been conducted which took 600 random PC users and asked them about their awareness and personal use of online office productivity offerings. The results…

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  • The long tail and marginal costs

    December 18, 2007

    Business, IT, SaaS, Strategy
     

    I see Xero has halved the cost of additional licences. That is for the second, third, fourth etc businesses that someone uses with Xero, the monthly subscription will be half that of the first. Herein lies some of the…

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  • Fuel for the accounting SaaS fire….

    December 18, 2007

    IT, SaaS
     

    Many people believe services such as Xero that rely on an on-demand delivery method for accounting are destined to failure – most naysayers give security of service and security of information as the reasons for their concerns. This news…

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  • ICT Outsourcing summit

    December 18, 2007

    Business, IT, SaaS
     

    Just a bit of advance warning for those interested in an enterprise perspective on ICT outsourcing. March 26/27 2008 sees the ICT Outsourcing Summit take place at the Crowne Plaza in Auckland. My presentation on day two is titled…

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  • More on banking 2.0 (PLEASE READ BNZ!)

    December 18, 2007

    Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0
     

    So… I’m a customer of the BNZ, have been for 30 odd years now. I run about 8 different bank accounts through them as well as credit cards and seven figures worth of borrowing – I guess that makes…

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  • Another NZ success story….

    December 17, 2007

    Branding, Business, Design, New Zealand, Strategy
     

    A few years ago, Campbell Gower, CEO of phil&teds, visited Cactus with some potential European distributors for our gear. Since then p&t has risen meteorically, they’re now selling in 2000 stores across dozens of countries, turning over a reported…

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  • Google Knol – tempting evil?

    December 16, 2007

    Business, Design, Efficiency, Strategy, Web x.0
     

    For those still unaware, Google is introducing Knol, a tool that allows people to create articles about distinct subject areas and post them on specialised, Google hosted pages. The difference between Knol and Wikipedia is that while Wikipedia relies…

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  • LinkedIn fights back

    December 15, 2007

    Business, IT, Web x.0
     

    I’ve said for awhile that LinkedIn is as likely as any of the other incumbents to win the social netowrking war. The reason for this is that their more business orientated focus gives them the basis from which to…

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