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Microsoft disappoints on SaaS. Didn't you see it coming?

Microsoft disappoints on SaaS. Didn't you see it coming?The finances are manageable, but not good investor relations...I actually think Microsoft's business is lumpy enough that a switch to SaaS right after an upgrade cycle could work without flushing the golden goose. It's a tricky business though, and it involves...

Tags: software as a service (saas), microsoft project, financial accounting, microsoft corp., saas office, software-as-a-service, projity

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project

Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft ProjectYikes.Microsoft Project has at times been the bane of my life. Well, not Project per se, the fact that any half-assed plan thats entered there-in becomes The Law.The fact that it was expensive was a good thing. At least I could credibly...

Tags: web browsers, open source, projity, microsoft project, project-on-demand, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

Projity exanding open source, Saas attack against Microsoft Project

Projity is turning up the heat on its SaaS and open source attack on Microsoft Project. The San Mateo, Calif. company is launching next week the next major release of its commercial project management service, Project-ON-Demand. Projity is also looking to expand...

Tags: desktop, microsoft corp., attack, projity, openproj, microsoft project, open source, project management, tools & techniques, microsoft office, office suites, software, it operations, it service management, management, paula rooney

Blog posts 2007-12-11

OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007

OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007OpenProj is THE only open source alternative to Microsoft ProjectThat is a joke! OpenProj is actually a very good program that saved my company from spending $1,000/copy for Microsoft Project and it is availble on Linux, Mac or Windows. OpenWorkbench is...

Tags: project management, tools & techniques, open source, egroupware, computer associates international inc., openproj, microsoft project, openworkbench, microsoft corp., projity

Discussion threads 2007-12-10

Yahoo to buy Zimbra for $350 million; Eyes Google Office

Yahoo to buy Zimbra for $350 million; Eyes Google OfficeNew ZDNet Article SuggestionI'd like to see ZDnet write an article exploring the pros and cons of buying FOSS software companies. With the recent purchase of XENsource by Citrix and now Zimbra by Yahoo, alot of questions are about to...

Tags: open source, google inc., zimbra, yahoo! inc., projity

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Open Source Outlook Choices

Open Source Outlook ChoicesOutlook add-onsWHERE does one find out about Outlook add-ons?RE: Open Source Outlook ChoicesI don't think bundling is the answer. Interoperability is though. Just because MS thinks an e-mail/calendaring application should be bundled with office doesn't mean it should. If the integration between an e-mail client and OpenOffice...

Tags: groupware, microsoft office, openoffice, e-mail, projity, chandler, microsoft outlook, ooo, open source outlook choices, mozilla thunderbird, open source

Discussion threads 2007-09-11

OpenProj (zip)

OpenProj is a free, open-source project management solution. OpenProj is ideal for desktop project management and supports opening Microsoft or Primavera files. OpenProj shares its scheduling engine with Project-ON-Demand and has Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams PERT Charts, WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing, and more. Version beta 2.1 fixes...

Tags: projity, openproj, project management, tools & techniques, strategy, it operations, it service management, management

Software downloads 2007-08-16

Google's amps up its Mini search appliance

Google's amps up its Mini search applianceProjity and ThinkFree are the solutions to look atThis is my second 'talk back' today. We use Projity's Project-ON-Demand for our Project Management we are consultants and ThinkFree's suite. This gives us an on-demand/SaaS replacement of the Microsoft Office Suite. ThinkFree...

Tags: thinkfree, projity, google inc., microsoft corp., microsoft project, search appliance

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

Large organizations embrace on-demand - and not just CRM

Large organizations embrace on-demand - and not just CRMAnother survey with similar findingsHi Phil -- In case you haven't seen it, the Cutter Consortium also recently published a survey about the growing adoption of SaaS. See http://www.cutter.com/press/070122.html for more information on the survey. The survey respondents were...

Tags: software as a service (saas), customer relationship management (crm), advertising & promotion, crm, software-as-a-service, saas solution, on-demand, survey, microsoft project, projity

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

IPO candidate NetSuite fires a shot at SAP

IPO candidate NetSuite fires a shot at SAPStone age software replaced by NetSuite, Projity and SalesforceZach and the NetSuite folks have a multi-tenant solution. SAP's move in the market should be seen with skepticism. Lets see if they can serve the SME market with the ease of deployment of a...

Tags: smb/sme, microsoft project, software as a service (saas), ipo, software-as-a-service, netsuite inc., small and medium enterprise, sme market, projity, sap ag

Discussion threads 2007-01-27

Is Eric Schmidt still the grownup Google needs?

Is Eric Schmidt still the grownup Google needs?Impact of Partnership is with StarOffice and Projity knocking OfficeThe most useful outcome of this partnership will clearly be less directly financial gain and more on influence. Microsoft's strength due to the monopoly with Office is undeniable. I have been using two beta's...

Tags: tools & techniques, nigel, staroffice 8, eric schmidt, blog search, google inc., projity, staroffice, open source, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-05

Addition by subtraction for Google and Sun

Addition by subtraction for Google and SunHow does Google make money from this?You're a Google shareholder. You bought late, so you know how much of your money can be lost if Google's price deflates. You're waiting to see how the company will increase its search ad business so...

Tags: sun solaris, linux, business structures, operating systems, unix, servers, staroffice 8, google inc., sun microsystems inc., projity, microsoft corp., staroffice

Discussion threads 2005-10-04

Additional Resources

SaaS is the secret sauce for OpenProj

Projity CEO Marc O'Brien called with his first update in a few months on OpenProj, the open source project management tool his company is pushing. The top line number is 1 million. That's how many OpenProj downloads he expects, just from Sourceforge, just this calendar year. ...

Tags: software, software-as-a-service, open source, openproj, line number, software as a service (saas), tools & techniques, project management, emerging technologies, management, it operations, it service management, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-21

A phony headline for a phony story

A phony headline for a phony storyWrong calculationsMore statistical garbage. Red Hat brings in a lot of money and so does Novell on its Linux-related products. That service-generated income would not exist if open source didn't exist. So it isn't a matter of 6% reduction in sales, it is largely...

Tags: tools & techniques, software, open source, income

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.

OpenOffice still two trains running on one line.Wrong!One reason so many hate M$ Office is that it is *bloated*. Hello? You are actually clamoring for OOo to throw in everything plus the kitchen sink? The real smarts is keeping it slimmer...M$ could take a lesson.Not necessaryIt's not...

Tags: microsoft project, open source, openoffice, microsoft corp., openproj, openoffice.org, microsoft office

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

News to know: HP zero days; IE patches; Missing Mac apps; Microsoft service packs galore

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: IE gets a Patch Tuesday makeover. Microsoft bulletin. Zero-day flaw haunts HP laptop models. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases public test build of Vista SP1 David Morgenstern: Uncovering the missing Mac OS X applications ...

Tags: apple macintosh, hewlett-packard co., information technology, patch management, amazon.com inc., service pack, microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., strategy, management, larry dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-12

OpenProj was 10th most-popular post here for 2007

Today starts our wind-down of the year with a review of the top 10 posts of this blog, and number 10 was the launch of OpenProj. OpenProj was downloaded over 150,000 times in its first weeks online, and is a product of Projity, a SaaS company which had been...

Tags: software-as-a-service, license, software as a service (saas), open source, emerging technologies, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Rivals make run at Microsoft Office

Rivals make run at Microsoft OfficeThere are a lot of things coming together at the same time to makealternatives more attractive. There is the push by governments to use open file formats, the drastically reduced need to actually PRINT documents, the increased need to share documents, and the increased quality...

Tags: productivity, turnabout, microsoft excel, microsoft corp., microsoft office, projity openproj

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphony

IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphonyStick to politicsMaybe IBM ought to stick to using politics to take down MS. It is the only thing that seems to work for them. And maybe MS will realize that it has no choice but to build up a political machinery second to...

Tags: opendocument format (odf), processors, operating systems, microsoft corp., ibm corp., intel itanium, openoffice symphony, citrix systems inc., openoffice, opendocument format

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Is there anyone not targeting Microsoft Office?

Is there anyone not targeting Microsoft Office?Yes, it sounds like a lot of people smell blood with the OOXML rejection,and the EC decision, and in general more people demanding open formats like ODF and using standards based web browsers. Microsoft's switch to a new office suite and file format, the...

Tags: apple inc., microsoft office, microsoft corp., software

Discussion threads 2007-09-18