Tag Archives: SaaS

Consumption and ownership

Posted on January 15, 2009 by paulwalk

I just read a really good post from Martin Weller on Ed Techie called Ownership ain’t what it used to be. Talking about web-based music sharing services such as LastFM, and having just signed up to Spotify, Martin says: It … Continue reading →

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“Any any any old data”

Posted on October 7, 2008 by paulwalk

Over on ZDNet, Paul Miller has blogged some thoughts about what he calls the ‘Data Cloud’. He points out that in the evolution of the ‘cloud computing’ paradigm, the: …emphasis for much of this wider discussion remains firmly rooted in … Continue reading →

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“Did Google just make me look like an idiot?”

Posted on August 17, 2008 by paulwalk

Commenting on the Google Apps outage last week, John Proffitt, IT services director at APTI, an Alaskan public TV station, said: “It was constant troubleshooting, testing, research, posting to the Google Apps forums and so on. Plus there’s the emotional … Continue reading →

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