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How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

How MakeSpace Recently Closed $30 million in New Funding

By Mark Suster on May 4, 2017

Just over a year ago I wrote about how MakeSpace had raised $17.5 million in capital to build out its operations in 4 cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington D.C. I pointed out that the storage market in the US alone is ~$30 billion / year and there is no dominant provider — the […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged on-demand, startup

Is SaaS Dead? No. Neither is Debate.

Is SaaS Dead? No. Neither is Debate.

By Zoli Erdos on July 8, 2010

We’ve had email dead, resumes dead, wikis dead themes, now it’s apparently time for the SaaS is Dead meme, thanks to a recently published Gartner report.   My favorite quote from the report: SaaS is not a panacea, and companies need to evaluate and understand the trade-offs that SaaS presents Indeed. Here’s another quote from Gartner […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged enterprise software, gartner, netsuite, on-demand, on-premise, saas, shelfware, software upgrades, subscriptions, tco, zuora | 2 Responses

NetSuite vs SAP ... Round #n. A Game Changer?

NetSuite vs SAP … Round #n. A Game Changer?

By Zoli Erdos on May 18, 2010

In my recent Suites post I said there were exactly 1.5 (one and a half) integrated full business solutions (SaaS Suite, SaaS All-In-One, SaaS ERP, SaaS SMB ERP – take your pick or  create a new one) offered as a service.   The one in that equation was NetSuite, and the half is SAP’s Business ByDesign. […]

Posted in Enterprise, Small business | Tagged all-in-one, application suites, Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, erp, integrated suites, marketing, netsuite, on-demand, saas, SaaS suite, sap, saphirenow, software as a service | 3 Responses

Redux: Will Google Enter the Business Applications Market?

Redux: Will Google Enter the Business Applications Market?

By Zoli Erdos on March 9, 2010

If you think I am here to spill the beans, you’re wrong. On a purely speculative level, if there is some news to come, and if there is an embargo related to it, then here @ CloudAve we respect that.  And it’s all a big IF. So no, I am simply  dusting off an old […]

Posted in Analysis, Enterprise | Tagged accounting, all-in-one, appexchange, atlassian, bbd, Business ByDesign, business software, CRM, enterprise software, google, google apps, lightweight software, netsuite, on-demand, saas, salesforce.com, sap, small business suite, smb, sme, software as a service, zoho | 3 Responses

Is the Cloud term an asset or just marketing hype?

Is the Cloud term an asset or just marketing hype?

By David Terrar on March 2, 2010

A few things came together for me this week around the Cloud term.  I spent time with one of my best customers discussing online accounting, what we should do to improve the product we represent in the UK, and how we should position to beat the incumbent in the small business market, Sage.  But the […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged accounting, cloud, cloud computing, cloud computing world forum, Enterprise, eurocloud, finance, iaas, marketing, on-demand, paas, readwritecloud, saas, sales, twinfield

The SaaS applications wiki - open for business

The SaaS applications wiki – open for business

By David Terrar on February 12, 2010

Over on AccountingWEB’s forums (you need an AWEB account to log in, but it’s free) there have been some heavy exchanges discussing the barriers to adoption of Cloud solutions by accountants in practice in the UK.  I found it interesting, but sadly the dialogue has been too vendor driven, with plenty of verbiage from the […]

Posted in General | Tagged accounting, accountingweb, basda, cloud, cloud computing, collaboration, Enterprise, eurocloud, finance, intellect, on-demand, pbworks, saas, wiki, wikis | 1 Response

EuroCloud UK members making sense of Cloud standards and security

EuroCloud UK members making sense of Cloud standards and security

By David Terrar on January 28, 2010

The newly formed EuroCloud UK group held their first member meeting a week ago  at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel – a panel led group discussion on Cloud standards and security.  Chaired by Phil Wainewright, the panel experts were Dr. Guy Bunker, independent consultant and blogger, formerly Symantec’s chief scientist and co-author of ENISA‘s cloud […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged basda, cloud, cloud computing, cloud industry forum, eurocloud, Events, iaas, icaew, intellect, networking, on-demand, paas, saas, salesforce.com, sas 70, standards | 2 Responses

Salesforce shows the future of enterprise collaboration - but have they got the branding right?

Salesforce shows the future of enterprise collaboration – but have they got the branding right?

By David Terrar on January 7, 2010

A month ago on Monday 7 December I was sitting in the London version of the CloudForce2 Partner Summit, and then stricken by a virus overnight, I watched Marc Benioff livestreamed for the 2 hours and 15 minutes of his keynote in the general customer session on the following day.   It sounds like he did […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged chatter, collaboration, CRM, Enterprise, Esme, financialforce, force.com, netsuite, on-demand, saas, salesforce.com, web 2.0 | 2 Responses

Can Cloud vendors move beyond the terminology debate?

Can Cloud vendors move beyond the terminology debate?

By David Terrar on December 18, 2009

I recently mentioned Richard Messik’s great post castigating Cloud vendors on their jargon overload in the panel discussions at Softworld back in October.  Over on AccountingWEB there has been some vigorous debate around the Cloud issues in discussion threads on whether accountants should be talking to their clients about Cloud Computing, the business case for […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged accounting, basda, cloud, cloud computing, eurocloud, iaas, icaew, intellect, mamut, netsuite, on-demand, paas, saas, salesforce.com, softworld, standards, ZDNet | 1 Response

Does AccountingWEB get SaaS?

Does AccountingWEB get SaaS?

By David Terrar on December 4, 2009

Let me start this post by saying I’m a big fan of AccountingWEB (in the UK, I don’t particularly follow the US edition).  For the accountants in business and in practice or anyone interested in the sector it’s one of the key resources to read – they cover everything from tax to technology, but it’s […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged #bcs09, accounting, accountingweb, businesscloud9, cloud, cloud computing, collaboration, finance, hosting, innovation, marketing, media, on-demand, online, practices, saas, sift media | 2 Responses

Swiss Re - One of the Smart Companies

Swiss Re – One of the Smart Companies

By David Terrar on November 6, 2009

On Monday In Zurich during SOMESSO‘s Web 2.0 University™ based masterclass delivered by Jim Benson, one of the attendees related her company’s adoption of Social Media.  I was soaking up the material and offering Jim a little help, as we have just started to represent Hinchcliffe and Web 2.0 University™ in the UK.  One of […]

Posted in Enterprise | Tagged cloud, collaboration, Enterprise, enterprise 2.0, Events, forums, networking, on-demand, profils, saas, social media, somesso, swiss re, wikis, zurich | 1 Response

Will EuroCloud Provide Some Clarity and Direction?

Will EuroCloud Provide Some Clarity and Direction?

By David Terrar on October 20, 2009

One of my recent “quotes of the week” was Lord Puttnam’s excellent: “Technology can only serve as a bridge, never as a destination.” In recent weeks there has been plenty of activity around the Cloud Computing bridge  with way too much emphasis on jargon and technicalities.  The Intellect SaaS Group has started and is just […]

Posted in Marketing, Strategy | Tagged cloud computing, Enterprise, eurocloud, on-demand, saas

SaaS v. On-premises Software: Which One is More Green?

SaaS v. On-premises Software: Which One is More Green?

By Guest Authors on September 25, 2009

(The following is a guest post by Chris Thorman @ SoftwareAdvice.com)  In case you haven’t heard (or aren’t obsessively following IT trends like we are), the great trend in software is the evolution from traditional “on-premises” software (e.g. client/server software installed at the office) to Software as a Service (SaaS) (i.e. web-based applications that are […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged cloud computing, electronic medical records, emr, energy, green, medical software, on-demand, on-premise, saas, sustainability | 2 Responses

SaaS and Religion: the Tenancy Debates. Do Customers Care?

SaaS and Religion: the Tenancy Debates. Do Customers Care?

By Zoli Erdos on June 30, 2009

(Warning: this is a long post. Only read it when sitting in a comfortable chair.  Or a pool lounge, holding your CrunchPad.) Two recent posts by Enterprise Social Software  vendors Jive and Atlassian set up a huge debate amongst my fellow Enterprise Irregulars.  Here’s the money-quote from Jive: It’s not so long ago that it […]

Posted in Analysis, Enterprise | Tagged atlassian, cloud computing, data security, enterprise software, infrastructure, jive, multi-tenant, on-demand, on-premise, private cloud, ReadWriteWeb, saas, salesforce.com, sharepoint, single-tenant, Software Architecture, software as a service, tenancy, zoho | 3 Responses

Netbooks Emerges from Hibernation as WorkingPoint: SaaS for SMB, with Nicer UI but Reduced Functionality.

Netbooks Emerges from Hibernation as WorkingPoint: SaaS for SMB, with Nicer UI but Reduced Functionality.

By Zoli Erdos on June 17, 2009

(This post is now updated, see bottom)Netbooks, provider of an Integrated SaaS Business Suite for Very Small Businesses came out of hibernation with a new name: WorkingPoint. In the never-ending debate of all-in-one vs. best-of-breed  I tend to represent the “old-school” which believes in the value of having one tightly integrated system for most business […]

Posted in Marketing, Product reviews, Small business | Tagged accounting, Accounting Software, bearingpoint, Branding, Business ByDesign, business names, CRM, enterprise software, erp, inventory management, manufacturing software, netbooks, netsuite, on-demand, order fulfillment, procurement, quickbooks, saas, salesforce.com, small business software, smb, sme, vsb, workingpoint | 1 Response

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