Sizing SaaS market

Phil Wainewright guesstimates SaaS market to be around $7 billion. Though the definition of SaaS is still all over the place but his explanation comes out strongly:
Web conferencing/collaboration (WebEx, Citrix Online, Microsoft Live Meeting, Raindance, Convoq, Projectplace, LivePerson etc): close to billion dollar
Human resources/payroll (Employease, Taleo, Workstream, Successfactors ) : ~$250 million?
CRM [...]

GFYD is officially on

Why this Google For Your Domain is a big news? Even if Google is just scratching on the office footprint, revenue numbers are huge and considering the growing  market  this number will increase as well -
Microsoft’s Office products generated $11.7 billion in revenue for thefiscal year ended June 30 and nearly $8.3 billion [...]

Writely right on target

Now disruptive is a much used (abused) word but I am tempted to use that to describe Writely. Its very well designed and comes with extensive features.
Though comparisons will be made against Microsoft Word but I think it’s biggest impact will be on the Wiki market. It has powerful collaboration and revision control which [...]

Where are the geeks?

Does this mean geeks are less satisfied?
First see what drives job satisfaction according to the CareerJournal/Harris Poll survey -
Good intellectual stimulation
Strong job security
High level of control and freedom in what to do
Extensive direct contact with customers/clients
Then see who is most satisfied in their job -
Curriculum and instructional coordinators
High-school special-education teachers
Hospital and clinic managers
Management [...]

Roach coach is predicting flat tyres

Stephen Roach is at his ominous best (or worst). It seems the reality of wonder called Internet is hitting him again and again. To the extent that now Internet can be blamed for something Stalin and Marx together couldn’t do ie finding holes [...]

Low cost Bangalore?

Perception travels faster than the reality. Here is another proof why Bangalore is not that cheap any more.
Top Bangalore hotel rates
Compare this with Singapore hotel rates
Top Singapore hotel rates
No wonder Infosys decided to build their own “La Terrace” hotel inside the campus.

Enterprise Gaming Software Company

What do you get when you plan something, strategize, restrategize, acquire companies, can them, acquire some more and can some more, launch new initiatives and can some more. Credit must be given to Sun for trying too many things and being transparent about it.  Somehow the overall story keep getting more and more confusing.
Here [...]

Boxed, Just Outside Of It !

Ever wondered why enterprise customers keep asking for "out of the box" (lets call if OOTB to save some typing hassle) features ? OOTB feature usually means the software had that feature at the time of shipment. It was there for customer to use it right from the beginning and doesn’t require any expensive consultant [...]

Tough choices for IBM

Bill Burham on tough choices ahead for  IBM:
but it is clear that thanks to deals like
Oracle/Peoplesoft and trends like open source, the software world is
changing and the status quo won’t survive over the long term.

Couldn’t agree more to this software-world- is- changing stand.  Margin squeeze and open source will change this business forever.  This is [...]

Cringley on Sun

Cringley on IBM , Microsoft and developing plot to rewrite the script for "one ring to rule all" .  Though his predictions are all long shots and long term, his take on Sun is funny -
Their current strategy of selling processing power by the cycle is like
a new car dealer renting back seats of [...]