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The Declaration of Data Independence

Published on 2010-03-11 10:42:46

Jigsaw did something back in the summer of 2008 that was really bold.   We made all of our company records “free”.  We didn’t get nearly as much attention for this move as I expected.  I’m digging it up now because it just so happened tha > read more

Social Web Suicide

Published on 2010-02-08 11:22:52

I’m in the air again (this time on Southwest) flying back to the Bay Area from Phoenix.   I was asked to speak at the Carewise Healthcare National Sales Conference in Scottsdale.  I had a ton of fun with this dynamic group of healthcare sales pr > read more

The Data Disruption

Published on 2010-02-01 11:41:59

I’m in the air on Virgin America flying back to SFO from NYC.   I was in NYC  for the CODiE awards.  It was thrilling to win Jigsaw’s third CODiE on Tuesday night.   We won Best Online Business Directory and Sales Leads Service .   I thin > read more

What the heck is DaaS?

Published on 2010-01-28 12:14:32

DaaS – Data as a Service. This blog is all about DaaS, and how DaaS is going to transform the data model in exactly the same way that SaaS has transformed the software model. First, let’s get really clear on how SaaS changed our mindsets. Ten > read more