Archive for the ‘SaaS’ Category

Paradigm Shifts Between Phone, Tablet, Desktop & Web Interfaces

…Or how not to approach development. It’s busy in Vincentland, but I’m still determined to regularly update Tech IT Easy. Today, my question is: What determines the choice for a platform? Is it market, personal taste and talent, or the desire to create something that fits a certain paradigm? In the end, no matter how [...]

An interview of Yoolink Pro’s bizdev director, Sebastien Blanc

An interview of Yoolink Pro’s Sébastien Blanc (enterprise collaboration tools) by Jeremy Fain, CEO of Verteego

How to make the Browser a more Efficient OS

Browsers are not ready to be OSs

User-archetypes for web-apps?

Probably not a mainstream user Now, my list is not scientific at all, and is, as usual, meant to be the start of a conversation. What I would do to make it scientific however, is as follows: Talk to experts (hello there, experts ) Based on expert-input, design a survey that measures preferences per demographic [...]

Why "Positioning" is the wrong word. A book-review.

Let me start by saying that we are passed the age of positioning, a concept that was pioneered as the 5th P, by the authors Ries & Trout of the book, fittingly called “Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind” Rather I think we are in the age of 2 C’s: Conversation & Customisation. Before I [...]

Google Chrome and when vertical integration rocks

“Ouch, it hurts, it hurts!” … “Oh yeah, that feels good, so good!” Guess which one is all other browsers moaning collectively (Microsoft & Firefox no. 1), and which one is the geeks… Let me start by saying that Google Chrome rocks! OK, it crashed about 2 mins after I started it, and I think [...]

Is mobile commerce disruptive or incremental?

Another way to phrase this is, whether mobile commerce will drastically change life as we know it or not? Disruptive technologies, according to Christensen, lead to products that are cheaper, simpler, and, often, more convenient to use. By that definition, e-commerce could certainly be seen as a disruptive innovation over brick & mortar commerce, and [...]

Some thoughts on Services-orientated Architecture (SOA)

Context: I’m currently in discussion with a number of companies that are involved with SOA-vending & -consulting. As a result, I’ve been studying up a little on this market and hope to learn more by writing about it. Note: Since I know, judging by the response to other articles on enterprise-software, this isn’t exactly the [...]