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SaaS frustration

SaaS frustrationNot a business model issue...Dennis, SAP isn't only having a problem finding a workable *business model* for Business By Design, but it has having a fundamental problem getting workable *software*. There have been very significant performance and scalability issues, that, as I understand it, have brought back into...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, disruptive technology, SaaS frustration

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Additional Resources

Open letter to all HR software vendors

HR products haven’t really evolved much the last decade. Sure, many have changed their business and delivery models to become SaaS software as a service vendors but the functionality is still little changed from the 1990s. Yes, I know that talent management has seen some changes over the last few...

Tags: Human Resources, Boss, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-15

News to know: Windows 7; Google; Vizio; Treknology; Green tech

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy Sean Portnoy: Surprise! As HDTVs price rise, sales drop and Vizio becomes...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Taking the pulse of Oracle customers

R 'Ray' Wang, Forrester analyst and often a firm buyer advocate has brought out a report suggesting that demand for Oracle applications ' The Red Stack' remains strong. From the report: Though recent survey results in Forrester’s latest Business Data Services Software Survey of 1,104...

Tags: Audit, Oracle Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-17

NetSuite attacks SAP: hype vs. reality

NetSuite attacks SAP: hype vs. realityAppears to be going aroundThis seems to be going around this week. SAP did the same thing to Infor (http://www.mcsolutions.co.uk/article/17004/SAP-claims-customers-migrating-from-Infor-for-better-business-.aspx). I don't understand this tactic, maybe it is the economic situation making them feel they have to take the low-road and bad mouth the competition....

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, SAP AG, NetSuite Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-13

News to know: Pwn2Own; Windows advice; Palm; JavaFX

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Ed Burnette: Java gets a mobile makeover with JavaFX Mobile Ryan Naraine: Pwn2Own hacker contest targets browsers, smart...

Tags: JavaFX, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Taxes, Microsoft Windows, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operating Systems, Financial Planning, Finance, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-12

SaaS frustration

I've just come off a call with Phil Wainewright, fellow Irregular and saas maven on ZDNet. Phil and I go back many years so calls are always jocular and not always SFSV Safe For Saas Vendors ears. We were ruminating on Phil's swipe at Sage Software,...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, NetSuite Inc., Vendor, Sage Software, SAP AG, Saas, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-02-11

'Platform as a Service' enables cloud-based software development and deployment lifecycle approach

Read a full transcript. Sponsor: Bungee Labs. On demand applications and cloud computing often mean different things to different people. For developers, software as a service SaaS is quickly evolving not only as a means to deliver applications -- but as the means to develop them, too....

Tags: Software, Web, Application, Software Development, PaaS, Customization, Channel Management, Marketing, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-04-06

Apple: All signs point to a more business friendly iPhone

Apple: All signs point to a more business friendly iPhoneApple getting ahead of itselfHow about making the iPhone / Touch a USB mass storage device?People are forking out $500 for a 32gig touch... why doesn't safari allow downloads of files while browsing?Enterprise-grade equipment indeed. Apple needs to get over it's...

Tags: Keyboards, E-mail, Web browsers, Most Phones, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

Google's huge data centers: the IT failures question

Google's huge data centers: the IT failures questionPlanning for FailureThere are two entities that need to develop plans for failure in the SaaS model; the provider and the customer. I'd be willing to bet my data that in this scenario, Google the provider has a plan and mitigating steps...

Tags: Data centers, Storage, information technology, data center, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-17

Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers won

Warner Music Group boss: We went to war with consumers, and the consumers wonSomething elseThe first order of business is to make sure that people who [b]want[/b] to do business with you aren't prevented from doing so.I spend a lot of money on WebScription e-books. No DRM, and all...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), digital-rights management, content company, music, advertisement, Warner Music Group Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-15

A Guide to Provisioning, Billing and Nurturing Users of Web Applications and On-Demand Solutions

A confluence of factors is driving customers to adopt a new generation of web-based, on-demand business applications. The emergence of these Sofware as a Service SaaS solutions is being driven by three primary forces: Growing frustration among end-users and executives with the costs and complexities associated with...

Tags: Billing, On-demand, Web Application, Provisioning, OpSource, Cloud Computing

White papers 2007-10-09

SAP Business ByDesign: buzzwords don't matter

SAP Business ByDesign: buzzwords don't matterSAP Taking Advantage of Their Own MistakesIt's ironic to me that a company like SAP, which helped create the market conditions (i.e., customer frustration) that led to the rapid adoption of the on-demand model, is trying to take advantage of those market conditions now. It...

Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc., SAP AG, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business, buzzword, on-demand

Discussion threads 2007-09-19

SOA Insights analysts join The Open Group to help define new role of SOA architect

Read a full transcript of the discussion.Bringing services-oriented architectures SOAs to life is a lot like delivering a baby -- it requires a copious nurturing, understanding, labor, and ultimately ... pushing. So far, the job openings for SOA midwives outstrip the available pool of talent.And these are great jobs: transforming...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA architect, SOA, Podcasts, Microsoft, management, IT Management, IBM, Enterprise Java, .NET

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Google Apps: Don't bother unless you know the following

Google Apps: Don't bother unless you know the followingNo solution is right for every businessIt is obvious that Google Apps isn't a perfect fit for your users and your environment. Every organization has it's own dynamics and some business will do just fine with Google Apps as they are...

Tags: E-mail, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Google Apps, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Web 2.0: Putting webware on the webtop

David Thomas, executive director of the software division at the software industry lobby group the SIIA, pulled me to one side last night to confide a guilty secret: "I invented the term software as a service," he told me, "back in 2000." But since then, the term has taken...

Tags: Web 2.0, Architecture

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Microsoft naysayer bandwagon gets crowded

The guest list for Microsofts alleged funeral is long. Over the weekend, blogger Paul Graham stirred up a Techmeme hornet nest when he declared Microsoft dead. Today, Goldman Sachs removed Microsoft from its "conviction list," the equivalent of a super-duper...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Microsoft, General, Vista, Google

Blog posts 2007-04-10

News to know: Best, worst Windows; iPhone halo effect; Optimus Maximus keyboard

Notable headlines:Ed Bott: The best and worst Windows versions ever. Vista Hands On #12: Manage partitions after setup.Ryan Naraine: Should Microsoft start paying for vulnerabilities? Politicians renew press for antispyware law.Intel touts security with second-gen VPro PCs.Larry Dignan: Apple’s iPhone touch screen and the big picture. The beauty of the...

Tags: Keyboards, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Optimus, TechMeme, Web, keyboard, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2007-03-16

Responding to Dana's views on federated identity

Blog note: This is a guest column that comes to us from Andre Durand, CEO of Ping Identity corporation.I read with frustration a recent article posted by Dana Blankenhorn titled “Too late for federated identity�. Perhaps my reaction was mostly to the title, which assumed to make broad stroke assessments...

Tags: federated identity, identity federation

Blog posts 2006-09-01

TalkBack: 'A feeding frenzy for SaaS detractors'?

TalkBack: 'A feeding frenzy for SaaS detractors'?Bias & Competitive AdvantageI don't think the critisisms of SaaS represented bias against SaaS. Most of my issues were with off-the-shelf software in general, not SaaS in general. Even knowing the requirements of a single competitive enterprise is incredibly challenging, much less...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), software-as-a-service, software

Discussion threads 2006-08-12