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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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  • SaaS Applications, Integration and Business Process

    June 25, 2013

    Business
    Business, cloud computing, Customer relationship management, EchoSign, Jason Lemkin, Software as a Service, venturebeat, yahoo
     

    Recently VentureBeat wrote a post that discussed fragmentation between SaaS solutions and the impact that has on organizations using different services. It is a topic that I’m interested in, not least of all because one of the businesses I’m…

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  • FileLocker Launches By Taking a Shot at Dropbox and Box

    November 13, 2012

    Business
    Cloud storage, Data Loss Prevention, dropbox, Egnyte, Encryption, FileLocker, Ken Shaw, security, SSL, Star Trek: Enterprise, venturebeat
     

    On a daily basis I get press releases from companies offering to be the “Dropbox for the Enterprise”, these companies are treading the well worn path of leveraging the well recognized name of a player in order to get…

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  • Cloud app integration: Incredibly important, but also problematic

    November 9, 2012

    Business
    Application programming interface, cloudcomputing, Extract transform load, IBM, quickbooks, Salesforce.com, SnapLogic, Software as a Service, venturebeat
     

    Cross posted from VentureBeat My background and entry into the technology industry came from my experience wrangling tech for a number of different small and mid-sized businesses. I’ve seen first hand just how much work is involved in tailoring…

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  • CloudBeat 2012–Just Around the Corner

    August 14, 2012

    Business
    Business, cloud computing, CloudBeat, Financial services, Paul, Paul Miller, San Francisco, venturebeat
     

    November sees me winging my way to the US not once, but twice. The end of the month sees me once gain team up with friend and colleague Paul Miller to help VentureBeat with the content for their CloudBeat…

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  • Why I’m excited about CloudBeat 2011: It’s not just another vendor-centric event

    November 10, 2011

    Business
    CloudBeat, CloudBeat 2011, Heroku, Salesforce.com, venturebeat
     

    First posted at VentureBeat I tend to be a little jaded about cloud technology events. I’ve attended a few dozen high-profile events a year over the past handful of years, making me a bit of a veteran. The amount…

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  • New Media for Old Media – Congrats to RWW!

    September 24, 2008

    Blogging, Business, New Zealand
    cloudave, GigaOm, new york times, Read Write Web, venturebeat
     

    Big ups to ReadWriteWeb who along with GigaOm and VentureBeat are contributing to the New York Times‘ technology section. It’s a great win for a New Zealand blog (well OK of the RWW writers, only Richard (and on the…

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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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