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1. Simplifying the Management of Online Video

   [ Blog ] Topic: SaaS | Author: MikeVizard | Date Published: 10/28/2009

   Digital asset management has proven to be a significant challenge for any organization. There can be lot of different versions of the same video, storage costs can be substantial, and there isn’t always an easy way to search for the right video based on the content. When you add all those...

2. Clouds of Confusion

   [ Blog ] Topic: Cloud Computing | Author: MikeVizard | Date Published: 11/11/2009

   Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between when somebody really doesn’t understand something and when they just don’t want to understand something. Such is the case with cloud computing, which from the perspective of the internal IT staff all too often threatens their status quo in terms of...

3. ERP Growth Not as Strong as Other SaaS Applications

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 11/11/2009

   As someone who's written about the potential of ERP software delivered as a service to steal at least some market share away from on-premise ERP software, I was interested in the seemingly lukewarm showing of ERP on a list showing growth among SaaS applications, part of a report issued by Gartner...

4. Why Cloud vs. Premise? Is 'Premise' the Wrong Word?

   [ Blog ] Topic: SaaS | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/04/2009

   Here is an interesting blog post by Webex/Cisco's director of product strategy, David Knight, asking the question " Why Cloud vs Premise ?" that might be helpful as you plan your 2010 IT budget and projects. I agree with his conclusion that the security/compliance and performance advantages of...

5. Ingres CEO's Advice about Enterprise Software Makes No Sense

   [ Blog ] Topic: Enterprise Software Vendors | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/06/2009

   I've been waiting with bated breath for a week for the second installment of Ingres CEO Roger Burkhardt's advice on how to keep from getting duped by the leading enterprise software suppliers. I hope Fortune gets some of Ingres’ ad money after it let Burkhardt put a free ad on its editorial...

6. Legacy App Licensing a Possible Gotcha in Cloud Migration

   [ Blog ] Topic: Cloud Computing | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 11/09/2009

   If you're thinking of migrating at least some legacy applications to the cloud, you may be as many of your peers: integration, security, total cost of ownership, reliability, licensing. Wait, licensing? Doesn't moving apps to the cloud remove many of the for on-premise software? Maybe...

7. Rackspace Offers Automated E-mail Migration to the Cloud

   [ Blog ] Topic: E-mail and E-mail Management | Author: Paul Mah | Date Published: 11/11/2009

   Given the it is inevitable that SMBs are turning to cloud computing.  Of course, while I would barriers do exist for SMBs that have determined they want to shift to the clouds. Think about it: Just how is a small and medium business supposed to move its existing e-mails from an...

8. When Disaster Strikes, Login Here

   [ Blog ] Topic: Disaster Recovery | Author: MikeVizard | Date Published: 11/12/2009

   When it comes to disaster recovery, the reason that so many companies struggle so much usually has very little to do with the technology. There are plenty of solutions out there today that can make . The issue is that most people simply don’t know what to do when the emergency strikes. To...

9. Times Still Tough for Software Vendors, Though Less so for SaaS

   [ Blog ] Topic: SaaS | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 11/20/2009

   When I interviewed Saugatuck Technology CEO Bill McNee back in July, following the release of second-quarter financial results, most enterprise software vendors were suffering but . The numbers: top-line revenue growth of 3.7 percent and a contraction of 14.6 percent in new license revenues for...

10. Marketing Management Becomes a Service

    [ Blog ] Topic: Advertising and Marketing | Author: MikeVizard | Date Published: 11/20/2009

    The marketing department and the IT organization are frequently at odds on two fronts. The first issue has to do with the fact that the marketing department usually feels they don’t get enough attention from IT compared to the rest of the business. The second aspect of this disconnect has to do...

11. Service Reuse Can Pay Off - If It's Part of Broader Business Strategy

    [ Blog ] Topic: SOA | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 07/20/2009

    Last month, Burton Group analyst Richard Watson took a critical look at how reuse of services in SOA is calculated . He concluded that these calculations often overstate the savings you can use from reusing services. But CTO and IT consultant Mike Kavis says there's one big exception: Service...

12. SaaS That Is Ripe for SMB Adoption

    [ Blog ] Topic: SaaS | Author: Paul Mah | Date Published: 08/12/2009

    I posted a couple of articles on SaaS, or software-as-a-service, earlier this week. While mooting the idea of , I mentioned that I would be sharing some of my thoughts on certain software commonly used by SMBs that I consider ripe for adoption as SaaS. Today I highlight the areas in which...