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  • Temboo, Connected Devices and Web Services

    October 4, 2013

    Business
    Application programming interface, Arduino, dropbox, opensource, PayPal, Temboo, twitter, Yun
     

    Much has been written about the rise of connected devices – the number of people who are tinkering with Arduino, various sensors and wearable devices is growing rapidly. One aspect of connected devices use that has been a little…

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  • CloudBeat – Coming Fast!

    August 22, 2013

    Business
    cloud computing, CloudBeat, Conferences, IBM, Paul Miller, PayPal, San Francisco, venturebeat
     

    For the third year running, Paul Miller and myself are consulting to VentureBeat and helping craft a conference agenda devoid of the usual vendor pitches and in their place full of real world customer stories. Having been on a…

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  • On Standards in the Cloud

    July 15, 2013

    Business
    amazon-web-service, AWS, cloud computing, CloudStack, OpenStack, PayPal, Simon Wardley, VMware
     

    Cross posted from Diginomica The other day I wrote a post reflecting on a couple of conversations I’ve been a part of in recent months around the validity or otherwise of the entire “cloud broker” concept. The rationale behind…

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  • Another Hybrid Cloud Startup – RackWare Raises $3M

    June 27, 2013

    Business
    cloud computing, Hybrid cloud, Infrastructure, OpenStack, oracle, PayPal, Structure 2010, VMware
     

    At Structure last week a real theme that was apparent was the rapid maturing of the perspective of enterprises when it comes to the multi-cloud opportunity. As I explained in my review post of a panel I took part…

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  • The Multi Cloud Opportunity – Delivering on the Composable Enterprise

    June 21, 2013

    Business
    amazon web services, AWS, cloud computing, GigaOM Pro, Netflix, OpenStack, PayPal, San Francisco, VMware
     

    I’m making my way home after spending a week in San Francisco attending GigaOM’s Structure event. Structure is one of the highlights of the cloud conference calendar – bringing together old friends, industry super stars and exciting customers in…

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  • Xero Rolls Out Payment Services – Closing More SMB Loops

    May 27, 2013

    Business
    accounting, Business, cloud computing, New Zealand, PayPal, QuickBook, United States, Xero
     

    The advent of cloud computing brought with it the promise of increased efficiencies for small and mid sized businesses. These efficiencies were to be created by the very fact that the software, situated as it is in the cloud,…

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  • StitchLabs–Solving SMBs Inventory Woes

    February 22, 2013

    Business
    brightpearl, Ecwid, netsuite, PayPal, Point of Sale, Small business, Software as a Service, Storenvy
     

    Many readers know that outside of technology, I own a business that manufactures apparel and other products and sells them both online and through retail outlets. Having been involved in that business for 17 or so years, I’ve had…

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  • Xero and the US Market

    May 24, 2011

    Business
    accounting, PayPal, peter thiel, rod drury, Small Business Web, Xero
     

    In the four or so years since Xero launched with great fanfare in New Zealand, moved on to Australia and gained a modicum of visibility in the UK, many of us have been waiting to see what would happen…

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  • Downstream Effects–The Salesforce Mafia

    May 6, 2011

    Business
    BrightEdge, cloud computing, PayPal, Salesforce.com, sliderocket, VMware
     

    We often here about the alumni from companies like Google and PayPal, and the startups they’re involved in – indeed it seems that having one of these elite put their name to a startup holds a cachet similar to…

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  • Xero Gets Some Acid on the Blogosphere

    October 24, 2010

    Business
    Craig Winkler, PayPal, peter thiel, rod drury, Xero
     

    Last week Xero announced that Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and the first external investor in Facebook, was investing NZD4 million to “support Xero’s expansion into the US market”. Not surprisingly the move got significant attention both in New…

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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

About Me

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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