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Learn from the Gmail Fiasco: You Need Redundant Copies of Your Email–Don’t Worry, It’s Painless :-)

Learn from the Gmail Fiasco: You Need Redundant Copies of Your Email–Don’t Worry, It’s Painless :-)

By Zoli Erdos on March 1, 2011

A few hundred thousand (numbers range from 150k to 500K) Gmail and Google Apps users had the scary experience of losing ALL their email content yesterday.  Their account was accidentally “reset”.  Google acknowledged the error, and issued a statement that they are working on restoring “lost” content. Let’s stop and think here a minute.  Is […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, backup, data backup, email, Email client, gmail, google, Google Account, google apps, Hotmail, Internet Message Access Protocol, outlook, zoho mail, Zoho Office Suite

Zoho Rounds Out Small Business Suite with Accounting App–Zoho Books

Zoho Rounds Out Small Business Suite with Accounting App–Zoho Books

By Zoli Erdos on January 19, 2011

This morning Zoho, known for SMB focused SaaS offerings in the areas of productivity, collaboration, business processes launched an Accounting app: Zoho Books. I typically don’t do detailed product reviews, when I see the first good ones, will link to them – just a few points here and then let’s discuss how it rounds out […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged accounting, application software, business suite, CRM, erp, integration, Intuit, QuickBooks, small business, smb, sme, Xero, zoho | 2 Responses

Well, Well, SAP is now on Google Apps MarketPlace. Ok, Just StreamWork. But Still:-)

Well, Well, SAP is now on Google Apps MarketPlace. Ok, Just StreamWork. But Still:-)

By Zoli Erdos on December 6, 2010

Straight from the Who-woulda-thunk-it department: time to rethink the Enterprise Software is Not Sexy meme.  Or at least parts of it.  We’ve previously introduced SAP’s StreamWork collaboration platform – it is now available on the Google Apps Marketplace. That’s not exactly the old-fashioned Enterprise Approach to market. And if you look at SAP’s StreamWork Partner […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged application software, Box.net, chatter, collaboration, enterprise software, Evernote, google, google apps, google apps marketplace, salesforce.com, sap, Scribd

Foxmarks, Xmarks, LastPass, Xpass, LastX, X%^&% Quick Rant

Foxmarks, Xmarks, LastPass, Xpass, LastX, X%^&% Quick Rant

By Zoli Erdos on December 2, 2010

Warning: I think I’m becoming a curmudgeon – except that title has until now been reserved for somebody else .   But I still have doubts about the recent transaction: LastPass acquired Xmarks. I really liked Xmarks – when it was Foxmarks.  A simple bookmark synchronization service that would keep your Firefox up-to-date no matter where […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged acquistion, application software, Facebook, Firefox, Foxmarks, lastpass, M&A, Privacy, security, Sharing, Social, synchronization, Wikileaks, Xmarks

HP to Ditch Oracle Siebel in favor of Salesforce.com?

HP to Ditch Oracle Siebel in favor of Salesforce.com?

By Zoli Erdos on November 23, 2010

Today’s big news is that HP may be dropping Siebel CRM now owned by Oracle in favor of Salesforce.com. It’s a bit unfortunate that this is presented in the context of personal ego wars – unfortunate, but understandable,  considering that Oracle has been on a warpath with HP ever since former CEO Hurd got ousted, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged application software, cloud economics, CRM, Hewlett-Packard, hp, oracle, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, siebel

Gmail, Don’t be a Yahoo!

Gmail, Don’t be a Yahoo!

By Zoli Erdos on November 5, 2010

In the 90’s I used to laugh at friends who all used Yahoo! as their personal email service. I did not understand how anyone could put up with the slow speeds of web-mail, and tried to convince them to install a decent email client, like Outlook, which is what most of them used in their […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, gmail, google, google apps, Hotmail, outlook, performance, Productivity, SaaS, Yahoo, zoho, zoho mail | 4 Responses

Internal Email on Why a  Software Company Migrates Away from MySQL

Internal Email on Why a Software Company Migrates Away from MySQL

By Zoli Erdos on November 4, 2010

Twitter is abuzz this morning with MySQL news: What these messages refer to is that Oracle dropped InnoDB from the free Classic Edition, it is now only available starting with the $2,000 Standard Edition.  A few days ago we heard support prices were increased – none of this should come as a surprise, the writing […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, CouchDB, Infrastructure, InnoDB, Java, Linux, mySQL, Open source, oracle, Postgres, Sun | 11 Responses

Did 37Signals Increase BaseCamp Price or Not?  The Backdoor Experiment.

Did 37Signals Increase BaseCamp Price or Not? The Backdoor Experiment.

By Zoli Erdos on October 29, 2010

There’s a debate going on about 37Signal’s “hidden” “unannounced” price increase of their popular Basecamp service. Apparently most of the uproar wasn’t so much due to the price hike itself, but the fact that it happened without any announcement. Cinovate Cinovate Cloud Inn. Why did 37 Signal’s Basecamp price double unannounced? http://bit.ly/bLan2a Contact Cinovate for […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 37signals, application software, marketing, pricing, project management, transparency, zoho | 1 Response

Firefox Upgrade: Who Are You Kidding, Mozilla?

Firefox Upgrade: Who Are You Kidding, Mozilla?

By Zoli Erdos on October 9, 2010

Problems with Firefox upgrade.

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, Firefox, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, upgrade, Web browser

NetSuite Fights Hairball Epidemic with New Release and Edgy Marketing Campaign

NetSuite Fights Hairball Epidemic with New Release and Edgy Marketing Campaign

By Zoli Erdos on October 5, 2010

NetSuite’s marketing team has been known for their edginess, starting from pranks like the SAP for the Rest of Us Party during SAP’s annual conference to staging a shootout at the anti-SAP Conference or releasing edgy videos a’la Mac vs. Windows.  Today they are doing it again, by establishing the Hairball Institute for Business: (The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged all-in-one, application software, enterprise software, erp, google apps, integrated suites, integration, marketing, netsuite, oracle, SaaS, SaaS ERP, sap, smb, sme, ui, user interface

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