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Still at It

Still at It

By Denis Pombriant on September 11, 2014

I was disturbed by a story in the New York Times this week about Google’s ongoing issues with European regulators and the lead is all you need to get a sense of things: “BRUSSELS — A top German official called for Google to be broken up. A French minister pronounced the company a threat to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CERN, CRM, europe, google, Higgs Boson, McAfee

Image credit: Mehran Khalili via Flickr

Impressions and Thoughts from a Visit to Greece and Spain

By Evangelos Simoudis on June 17, 2012

Much has been written about Greece’s repeat elections taking place today, the country’s ongoing financial problems and potential exit from the Euro, as well as the worsening European economies (last week Spain asked for bailout money, Cyprus is next in line to ask, and many believe that Italy will follow).  I recently spent a few […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged crisis, Economy of Greece, europe, financial crisis, Greece, Greek, Spain, United States

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

Friday Green Numbers round-up for Feb 4th 2011

By Tom Raftery on February 4, 2011

And here is a round-up of this week’s Green numbers… Europe’s Energy Member States of the European Union have agreed on targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting energy consumption by 20% and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix to 20% by 2020. The ‘Europe’s Energy’ project gives users a […]

Posted in Business | Tagged arctic oscillation, arctic sea ice, cleantech, climate change, distributech, Energy, energy efficiency, europe, fuel prices, global warming, GreenNumbers, nsidc, petrol, smart grid, utilities

Dude – Where’s My Customer? On Telcos, Utilities and Smart Grids. Towards a “SIM Card” for Smart Grids

Dude – Where’s My Customer? On Telcos, Utilities and Smart Grids. Towards a “SIM Card” for Smart Grids

By Tom Raftery on April 26, 2010

We had a really solid briefing with Convergys today. The firm sells software and services to telcos and utilities for customer care and billing – it has 80k employees worldwide, 550+ clients, and $3bn in revenue. According to Greenmonk research most utilities are failing to understand the the need to put the customer right at the […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Convergys, europe, GSM, smart grid, smartgrids, utilities, Wireless

Volcanoes and Videoconferencing

Volcanoes and Videoconferencing

By Phil Wainewright on April 21, 2010

You’d think that not being able to fly to meetings across Europe the past week would have given the webconferencing and telepresence industry a big boost. But although there has, out of necessity, been an increase in remote meetings, there’s…

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cisco, europe, European Commission, skype, teleconference, telepresence, videoconference, webconferencing

Workday and the unspoken benefits of SaaS

Workday and the unspoken benefits of SaaS

By Phil Wainewright on April 14, 2010

Throughout a 20-minute customer presentation at yesterday’s UK launch of Workday, I was intrigued to hear not a single mention of the word SaaS — or even cloud computing. Johnson Odesoh, group IT strategy and architecture director of Aviva, explained why the insurance and financial services giant has chosen to standardize globally on Workday as […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Architecture, Cloud Computing, E-Commerce, europe, HRM, netsuite, SaaS, software as a service, workday | 2 Responses

Digital economy meets dinosaur politics

Digital economy meets dinosaur politics

By Phil Wainewright on April 8, 2010

Digital citizens are disgusted at the way the UK parliament rushed Internet censorship provisions into law last night. The political establishment is out of touch with the rapid pace of change unleashed by the Internet.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged broadband, copyright, Digital Economy Bill, europe, Law, On Demand, Politics, social computing, Web 2.0 | 1 Response

Is SaaS the same as cloud?

Is SaaS the same as cloud?

By Phil Wainewright on March 19, 2010

From the customer’s perspective, it’s all the same. If it’s provided over the Internet on a pay-for-usage basis, it’s a cloud service. Within the industry, we argue about definitions more than is good for us. Customers look in from the outside and see a much simpler array of choices. Why is this important? It matters […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business applications, ByD, Cloud Computing, ecosystems, erp, europe, Marketplaces, Platform as a service, SaaS, sap, SAP Business ByDesign, Utility computing

Four pillars of the transition to SaaS

Four pillars of the transition to SaaS

By Phil Wainewright on March 9, 2010

One of the most interesting phenomena to arise when you bring as-a-service providers together is the instant sense of camaraderie and a shared outlook. Barriers come down and people start to discuss their challenges and experiences, relieved to discover that others are encountering similar questions. It’s especially noticeable at gatherings in Europe, where opportunities to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged basics, Business Model, Business-to-Business, E-Commerce, europe, SaaS, sap, software as a service

Mimecast's $21m shows strength of SaaS in Europe

Mimecast’s $21m shows strength of SaaS in Europe

By Phil Wainewright on January 29, 2010

With a crop of Europe-based SaaS ventures expanding into the US, the forming of a new industry group and signs of new funding opportunties for smaller European start-ups, the omens look good for a flowering of SaaS and cloud adoption in Europe.

Posted in Business | Tagged Accel Partners, Cloud Computing, collaboration, europe, Index Ventures, Mimecast, software as a service, Venture Capital

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