The Connected Web

How Customization Can Co-Exist with SaaS

support@ebizq.net — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:14:13 -0500

Listen to my interview with Chris Keene, CEO of WaveMaker Software, whose open-source software, WaveMaker 5, is a popular platform for developing Java-based Web applications. In this podcast, learn how developers use WaveMaker to create applications that can be delivered...

The On-Premise Fiction

support@ebizq.net — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:29:46 -0500

One thing I find increasingly bizarre is the way everyone accepts without question the myth that most enterprises own and operate their own high-specification data centers. In reality, the term 'on-premise' means nothing of the sort. The vast majority of...

Google Fails the Enterprise Cloud Test

support@ebizq.net — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:31:55 -0500

Last week, I suggested that Google has a better model for cloud computing than Oracle, Microsoft and other established enterprise software vendors — a topic I'll be speaking about at this week's Cloud Camp London, by the way. But even...

Pod-Scale vs Warehouse-Scale Computing

support@ebizq.net — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:27:19 -0500

At its OpenWorld conference two years ago, Oracle president Charles Phillips unexpectedly called me into an impromptu briefing to make sure I fully understood the vendor's stance on SaaS and multi-tenancy. Ever since launching Business Online (now known as Oracle...

Where SaaS Meets BPO

support@ebizq.net — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:40:19 -0500

Listen to my interview with Michael Custers, VP of marketing at NorthgateArinso, a global human resources (HR) software and services provider. The company was recently named as an early collaborator in SAP's on-demand strategy, for its work in developing an...

Enterprise 2.0: Automating the Unpurposeful

support@ebizq.net — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:35:38 -0500

Back in the late nineteenth century, when wealthy residents of big cities started to install telephones in their homes, people were not quite sure what purpose they would solve. Perhaps the Mayor would use them to address the populace on...

Free Is the New SaaS

support@ebizq.net — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:58:24 -0500

Listen to my interview with Jerome Ternynck, CEO of MrTed, an on-demand provider of recruitment applications. In this podcast, hear about the vendor's free-of-charge on-demand recruitment application for SMBs and find out why its business model for making money from...

There's a Real World Out There, Folks!

support@ebizq.net — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:46:32 -0500

A while back, my birthday happened to coincide with a business trip, and in between meetings I found a quiet corridor to take a call from my family. After hanging up, I decided to post something about it on Twitter....

How Your Sales People Can Always Be Closing

support@ebizq.net — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:19:38 -0500

Listen to my interview with Mike Pilcher, VP of sales and general manager, international, at MarketBright, which helps businesses use the web for more effective marketing. In this podcast, learn how marketing automation can help utilize expensive sales resources more...

Why Bother with Multi-tenancy?

support@ebizq.net — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:49:06 -0500

Many people are starting to question whether the purest form of provider-hosted multi-tenancy is really necessary. Some people have even thought that I was questioning it myself, when I reported Intalio's launch a couple of weeks ago of a multi-tenant...

Helping Brands Engage with Social Media

support@ebizq.net — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:11:50 -0500

Listen to my interview with David Vap, VP of products at RightNow Technologies, one of the most established SaaS vendors in the CRM field. In this podcast, learn how automated filtering technology helps organizations monitor social media streams to rapidly...

SaaS and Cloud Forging a New Role for CIOs

support@ebizq.net — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:08:35 -0500

One of the myths surrounding software as a service is the notion that SaaS makes the CIO redundant. While it's true that businesses replacing on-premise applications with SaaS equivalents will have less in-house infrastructure to maintain, their IT staff still...

Getting the Best Out of Digital Marketing

support@ebizq.net — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:58:22 -0500

Listen to my interview with Scott Dorsey, CEO of ExactTarget, an on-demand email and 1-to-1 marketing provider that's just landed a $70 million venture capital funding round. In this podcast, learn what organizations are doing to make sure their digital...

Social Media and Civil Liberties

support@ebizq.net — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:49:17 -0500

I think there's a danger that, in the rush to embrace the openness and transparency of social media, we may thoughtlessly sacrifice civil liberties that have been painstakingly built up over centuries. I began thinking this earlier this week as...

Using PaaS for Rapid Enterprise App Development

support@ebizq.net — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:35:15 -0500

Listen to my interview with Ian Smith, CEO of Xceliant, which helps developers build and market applications on the Force.com cloud platform. In this podcast, learn how enterprises are adopting platform-as-a-service as a means of quickly developing situational applications to...