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Beyond a shadow of a pornographic doubt, don't rush to judgment

Beyond a shadow of a pornographic doubt, don't rush to judgmentMisunderstand the issue"But, sooner or later, the legal system will wise up to the realities of hooking PCs to the Internet and the likelihood that nefarious activity could be just as much if not more to blame for the appearance...

Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, tribunal, search engine, search engine marketing, Timev Media

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Cloud Computing for Students

Cloud Computing for StudentsRather absurd..."Without opportunities like this, most CS students graduate without ever writing anything bigger than an application written in one programming language that runs on a single machine."Why not? Most large universities have big, heterogeneous environments with Windows, Apple, and several flavors of Unix. As...

Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, search engine, search engine marketing, programming, Timev Media

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business Objects

Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business ObjectsWOW Crystal Reports Visual StudioSunday found me with a human resources guy from Microsoft. He was explaining 360 reviews and how post-Enron Microsoft had gone to all narrative reviews so that it would not be possible to score those reviewed and then can the...

Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, acquisition, SAP AG, Business Objects, Timev Media, search engine, search engine marketing

Discussion threads 2007-10-08

SAP, Adobe, Microsoft: three monkeys take on SaaS

SAP, Adobe, Microsoft: three monkeys take on SaaSSAP has a not-so-secret anti-cannibalization strategySAP has a really neat anti-cannibalization strategy that just might work:http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/sap-adobe-and-microsoft-are-all-following-my-protected-game-preserve-strategy-to-saas/Adobe and Microsoft I really wonder about.Cheers,BW

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP AG, Adobe Systems Inc., software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

Is conventional software built on bubble economics?

Is conventional software built on bubble economics?Conventional SoftwareCould it be that buying traditional, conventional software carries a certain amount of 'keeping up with the Jone's"? appeal? My organisation is as big / important as the next? BizzareIt's all about recurring revenue...There are sound business model reasons why conventional software...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, conventional software, software

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Ellison spurns SaaS for easy ERP pickings

Ellison spurns SaaS for easy ERP pickingsLarry's not dumb...Oracle wants nothing to do with Saas because it is a model that Larry fully understands. If he didn't he never would have put money with Evan and Zach. But to Larry's credit, he understood that Oracle DOESN'T understand Saas.For those who...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), ERP, Saas, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

EMC buys Mozy; Roger Rabbit missing

EMC buys Mozy; Roger Rabbit missingWhy Target the Enterprise At All?SaaS is so often a game of moving into the SMB space. Mozy could easily be viewed as a purely SMB play. Forget the cost per GB, look at the connect speeds. Mozy is terribly slow for...

Tags: SMB/SME, Storage, software-as-a-service, Mozy, EMC Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualization

Microsoft hacker summit tackles security veil of virtualizationSearch Engine Marketing Conference & Expo 2007, Hong KongSearch Engine Marketing Conference & Expo 2007, Hong KongThe Advanced Event for Search Engine Marketing & Optimization Comes to Hongkong, with update knowledge and case study targeting both Chinese and English market. Search Expo (...

Tags: SEARCH, Marketing research, Timev Media, virtualization, Microsoft Corp., security, search engine, search engine marketing, Expo

Discussion threads 2007-09-23

Business ByDesign, SAP's slow-burning fuse

Business ByDesign, SAP's slow-burning fuseExcuse me?"But on the other hand, as Gavin Clarke of The Register commendably reminds us all, SAP only showed us some powerpoint slides and a very limited live demonstration last night"That is a disingenuous and, quite frankly a statement of the kind yo'd expect from a...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, SAP AG, Business ByDesign, slow-burning fuse, software-as-a-service, fuse

Discussion threads 2007-09-20