Here's the downside to SAAS: security breach and down time.This week Amazon was down twice, which is hard to believe because I can not remember them being unavailable. Yahoo Mail has had outages. Twitter is constantly down.Every data center, even... continue reading...
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On LinkedIn Answers, there is a question about when you would use SAAS in place of in-house apps. Bob Raffo points out some reality:Failure: CEO sees SaaS as a low cost replacement for in-house systems and as a path to... continue reading...
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With oil approaching $150 a barrel and consumers wallets emptying out way too fast, IT departments will need to get ready to support many more tele-workers (or remote workers). You would think at this point - with all the Green... continue reading...
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Having worked on committees, I can tell you that email and listserv usage make for a really challenging way to run a project. Now that I am in Chicago managing an MPLS migration, I realize that Microsoft doesn't have decent... continue reading...
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While I was at FOWA, I learned a little about OpenID. I interviewed Kevin Fox, from VIDOOP, an OpenID provider. Want to learn more about OpenID? Listen to the MP3 of the Interview. (It was not my best interview, but... continue reading...
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You'll notice that Web 2.0 apps like to open to private beta. (I think Google started this with Gmail but don't quote me). Lately, the requests for an invite to GrandCentral (voice management portal acquired by Google last year) have... continue reading...
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