Saas/Cloud The Fifth Wave

Techno-societal Change

Published on 2011-12-26 16:29:00

The promise of technology was to do more with less. In business and government, that would imply providing more product or services with less overhead-operating cost. What we see is often the opposite. Instead of reducing human resources and material cost to produce the product-service, we have witnessed the shift of resources from direct production into maintenance and operation of the technology. I suggest from experience that it is not just a shift but an increase in all associated resources

Crass SaaS

Published on 2011-05-10 10:34:00

I noticed Morgan Hunter's post over at Lotus MBA titled Dear CFO: We're losing money on our SaaS business. I coined the term crass-SaaS (see The Cloud) to try an give a heads-up that just taking a client-server application and updating them, reconfiguring servers, and retaining the in-place skill sets was a sure way to crass-SaaS or "how quickly can I loose my shirt". The latter applies both to the vendor and the customer. I'll give you some examples from personal experience 

The Transitional IT Manager

Published on 2011-04-20 07:12:00

IT shops should always be in transition. From the consolidation of servers and networks onto increased power, to application programming where new methods and target platforms emerge. Three aspects are present; the employees, the managers and the company’s goals. When the company’s goals are not reflective of changes in the business landscape the staff is left without a vision as to where their efforts need to be directed. No direction means no change means stagnation. When the ma