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The trend towards zero is the trend towards risk

August 16, 2008

Business, IT, SaaS, Web x.0

backup, google

Chris Brogan posted the sorry tail of the chap who came back from lunch only to find all his Google services inaccessible – it seems his provider had disabled his account and he was left locked out – no…

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RWW’s got it wrong…

August 6, 2008

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

advertising, free, google, vortexdna

Firstly I have to say that I greatly respect ReadWriteWeb. Partly because anyone who can build a global media empire from a Lower Hutt suburban home deserves kudos, but also because RWW founder and editor Richard Macmanus is a…

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Gmail and small business

August 1, 2008

Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy

gmail, google

Bernard posted saying that he’s made the move to cut out his use of Microsoft Outlook, now solely relying on Gmail for all his email requirements. He states the benefits of better (for him) search, the simplicity of having…

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How cool is Cuil?

July 28, 2008

Business, Design, IT, New business, Strategy, Web x.0

cuil, google

So new search upstart Cuil launched this week – with a search index currently at 120 billion pages (and growing). They’ve got high-profile founders (a bunch of ex Googlers) and a heap of VC cash ($33 million). So –…

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Maybe S+S makes sense….

July 15, 2008

Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy

google, Microsoft

As RWW reported, Google docs was down for 30 minutes last week. Part of the RWW included a poll asking respondents what sort of downtime would make them reconsider using Google docs. The results are even more interesting considering…

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Google on shaky ground?

July 13, 2008

Business, Design, Governance, IT, Strategy

google, Microsoft

Kaila bought my attention to a Silicon Alley post that is a pretty stark assertion about Google. It seems an anonymous Silicon Valley insider claims that it’s not just Yahoo with significant internal strife, he claims Microsoft, eBay and…

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Even Google outsources functions…

July 8, 2008

Business, IT, Strategy

cnet, google

News that Google data was lost in the recent burglary of an external human resources provider’s offices. Personal details where apparently on the computers that were stolen. Also involved was CNET networks. Aside from the predictable calls about required…

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A lone man bucking the trend

July 8, 2008

Business, Design, IT, Strategy

google, Microsoft

Really interesting to read Sergey Solyanik’s post about the reasons he chose to leave Google for the greener (?) pastures of Microsoft. It’s just one man’s opinions but as Phil commented over on ZDNet, it does suggest some things…

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It’s about aggregation…

July 6, 2008

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, SaaS, Strategy

aggregation, freeagentcentral, google, Zoho

ACCMan bought to my attention to the fact that FreeAgentCentral, the UK based SaaS accounting solution, is including tax tips into its corporate blog. As he points out this fulfills many uses; Users get free information which they’d otherwise…

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Monetisation for on-demand office productivity suites

July 5, 2008

Business, Collaboration, Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy

google, Zoho

Rod posted about the economics of software companies. The basis of his post was some information out of Microsoft that told of the 180 person Mac business unit that generates $350mill per annum. Rod pointed out that this is…

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