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  • File Sync and Share and the Data Hierarchy of Needs

    June 3, 2013

    Business
    Abraham Maslow, backup, Computer data storage, Jesse Lipson, Maslow, Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, microsoft office, sharefile
     

    I recently took the opportunity to sit down with Jesse Lipson, previously head of ShareFile and, since its acquisition, GM of Data Sharing at Citrix. Lipson wanted to talk to me about the ShareFile solution but we also spent…

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  • Enterprises Moving Away from Microsoft Office–But Will They Continue to Do So?

    March 14, 2013

    Business
    google, Google apps, google docs, Microsoft, microsoft office, MS Office, Office, Office suite
     

    Recently I was sent a link to some survey results from BetterCloud. BetterCloud is a company making management and security tools for Google Apps – they recently raised $5M in venture funding and have tools deployed across 15000 companies…

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  • Issues Around Cloud Adoption – Part Two

    May 17, 2012

    Business
    Business, cloudcomputing, Google apps, microsoft office, Strategic business unit
     

    CloudU Notebooks is a weekly blog series that explores topics from the CloudU certificate program in bite sized chunks, written by me, Ben Kepes, curator of CloudU. How-to’s, interviews with industry giants, and the occasional opinion piece are what…

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  • About Cloud. And SaaS. And How “Big Apps” Will Always Stay Local

    October 13, 2011

    Business
    adobe, cloud computing, google docs, microsoft office, Photoshop, Prezi, sliderocket, Software as a Service, Zoho Docs
     

    I’ve been doing this whole SaaS thing for a few years now, and fondly remember at the start when people said that only the most svelte of applications (or, more correctly, the applications with the most svelte of payloads)…

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  • On Free Products, Open Standards and Why Google Apps Beats OpenOffice

    November 1, 2010

    Business
    google docs, Microsoft, microsoft office, Office suite, openoffice, OpenOffice.org
     

    Andy posted a link to this Microsoft video. Now most people would agree that this is a strange thing for Microsoft to do – OpenOffice can hardly be  threat to the MS Office franchise and this just looks like…

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  • Office productivity apps analysis

    July 18, 2008

    Business, Design, IT, SaaS
    google docs, microsoft office, Zoho
     

    Raju posted about an InfoWorld analysis of alternatives to MS office. What makes the analysis interesting is that for the first time (that I’ve seen) cloud based and Open Source products have been evaluated side by side. As is…

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  • Another word-esque development from Google docs

    May 10, 2008

    Design, IT, SaaS
    google docs, microsoft office
     

    Announced today that Google docs now supports customisation of style sheets. This change opens up the templating and styling options that have always been available in word, but does so obviously in an easy to collaborate, available anywhere, in…

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Papers

The Future of ERP – Moving at the Speed of Change

If we look back a generation, business tended to be static. While it is undeniable that innovation occurred, it tended to at a much slower pace. While Henry Ford’s manufacturing and distribution models certainly marked disruption for the horse and buggy industry, this was a change that took decades.

Channel Strategies for Success in the Cloud Age

Cloud Computing is perhaps one of the biggest shifts in the technology industry in a generation. Alongside the technology shifts involved in Cloud, there is also a significant change in the way technology will be supplied, implemented and delivered going forward. While this shift offers real benefits to consumers in terms of reduced costs and increased agility

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Ben Kepes is a business leader, a technology evangelist, an entrepreneur, and a commentator. Ben covers the convergence of business and technology.

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