Monthly Archives: April 2008

April 30, 2008 Posted in Web x.0 2 Comments

The new ego build 2.0… Geo-location on Twitter

By Ben Kepes

I’ve been playing on twitter a bit recently – I find it quite an interesting little tool: quicker and easier than blogging and nuanced differently from e-mail. A recent development which to put it bluntly, does my head in, is geo-location. It seems a flash new startup (with about as

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April 30, 2008 Posted in Design, IT, Manufacturing 2 Comments

I want a ThinkPadAir

By Ben Kepes

Check this out – and come flame me fanboys…. I like it!

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April 30, 2008 Posted in IT, PaaS, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0 Leave a comment

New McKinsey study on SaaS for enterprise…

By Ben Kepes

A new McKinsey report just released documents the paradigm shift evident in corporate IT. The survey canvassed 850 corporate software buyers and shows just how much attention on-demand is gaining in their minds. Key takeaways; SaaS is rapidly becoming mainstream 75% are favourably disposed to utilising SaaS for development and

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April 29, 2008 Posted in SaaS 2 Comments

SAP no SaaS…

By Ben Kepes

News from ZDNet that SAP Business by Design may be delayed until the end of 2009. Yet another breathing spell offered to salesforce, netsuite and the ther SaaS vendors.

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April 29, 2008 Posted in Design, IT, SaaS 1 Comment

The scales have tipped to Zoho….

By Ben Kepes

Zoho announced this morning that it is the first on-demand application to support VB macros and pivot tables. While I, like Zoli, use about 5% of the functionality that MS excel offers, it’s obvious that this development means more than what it appears. AccountingMan Dennis Howlett said that; Zoho could

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April 29, 2008 Posted in Efficiency, IT, SaaS, Strategy Leave a comment

CIO mag on SaaS for big business

By Ben Kepes

Check out this interesting article. Some interesting takeaways; SaaS means faster time to market and a more business centric cost model that allows for closer aligning of IT costs to business impact some companies deploy a SaaS solution as an interim solution for a problem and then ultimately end up

April 29, 2008 Posted in Design, Efficiency, IT, PaaS, SaaS, Strategy 3 Comments

Is there a SaaS 1.0 and a SaaS 2.0?

By Ben Kepes

With all the attention of late that PaaS providers are getting, it seems a good time to reflect on the stark contrast between two types of SaaS provider: those who do their own infrastructure, and those who farm it out. Everyone knows that salesforce.com is the grandaddy of SaaS vendors,

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April 28, 2008 Posted in Design, IT, My businesses, New Zealand, Strategy 5 Comments

Building successful online communities….

By Ben Kepes

Astute readers will know, or have worked out, that I’m involved in a couple of projects that seek to build communities of interest. I really believe in the power of the network and the efficiency to be gained by creating a place where individuals, joined by a common interest, can

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April 28, 2008 Posted in SaaS, Web x.0 Leave a comment

Web/Enterprise 2.0 is SaaS+ AND can only live on the Internet

By Mike Riversdale

(cross posting from Mike Riversdale: Enterprise 2.0 New Zealand style blog) I’m gonna make three points: SaaS is thin to the max Web 2.0 is SaaS PLUS the Internet Enterprise 2.0 is “Web 2.0″ within the organisation SaaS? “Software as a Service” 1 – SaaS is thin to the max.

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April 28, 2008 Posted in Governance, Strategy Leave a comment

Diversity in governance needed…

By Ben Kepes

An interesting article this morning calling for more Diversity in corporate boards (actually it called for more diversity but I couldn’t help plug Diversity Ltd’s governance experience!). I’ve had a bit to do with the pool of professional directors in New Zealand and I have to say I came away

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