How SaaS is Transforming IT Management
IT management isn't what it used to be. Gone are the days when an IT manager's success was measured by the size of the network he was responsible for.
Thirty years of spreadsheets
It was 30 years ago this week that the first electronic spreadsheet began shipping. Here are some things to put that event into context, along with a new service from Socialtext that is worth looking at.
Don't Blame “The Cloud” or SaaS for Microsoft and Sidekick Stupidity
By now, you probably heard about poor Sidekick users who have lost their contacts, calendar entries, and other information due to a massive fail by T-Mobile's Sidekick division and the Microsoft subsidiary providing data services. People who hate “the cloud” or those selling local disk storage (often the same people) are cheering the loss because it seems to bolster their complaints about Software As A Service not being trustworthy. But a little digging shows the blame sits squarely on management stupidity, where you can usually find the root of all business problems.
A weak Webmail offering from Lotus called iNotes
Lotus has been busy creating various Web service offerings for collaboration. The newest one, iNotes, isn't impressive.
Your Sales Management Software Should Always Be SaaS
Every small business sales team starts small, usually with the owner doing sales, often using spreadsheets to track prospect details. Companies like ACT! have made millions providing structure and organization to prospect and customer tracking. But today, I strongly recommend using a hosted sales management program for two reasons: cost and control.
Don't Blame “The Cloud” or SaaS for Microsoft and Sidekick Stupidity
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Apple syncing patent can't come soon enough
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New Twitter features borrow from 3rd party clients
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Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process
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How to set up continuous podcast play on the new iTunes
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Five important Windows 7 mobility features
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Guard your Wi-Fi for your own sake
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Grepping on Whole Words
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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