by Richard Messik | Jul 9, 2009 | Cloud computing
I thought I would jump in and add my ha’pennyworth to the numerous comments to the announcement, by Google, of the intended launch of their Chrome operating system. Understandably, the press and the blogging community have had a field day predicting the...
by Richard Messik | Jul 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nothing changes – the reason why we don’t like to try anything new! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ&feature=player_embedded]...
by Richard Messik | Jun 28, 2009 | Cloud computing
Returning to a favourite theme (have I ever left it?), I was having an interesting exchange via email and Twitter with Maria Sadler of e-conomic. I had raised my usual question of how to persuade the diehard Sage users – and in this instance, specifically the...
by Richard Messik | May 23, 2009 | Cloud computing
I am grateful to Dennis Howlett for introducing me to the FUD concept. It has been around for a long time (it originated in the early days of IBM) but it was not something of which I was aware. For those not in the know, there is a great explanation here. Briefly FUD...
by Richard Messik | May 16, 2009 | Cloud computing
I tried using a new feature I recently came across on Twitter – TweetBeep. It is rather like Google Alerts, providing a list of recent Tweets on a subject matter of your choice. I had a go with the term “SaaS” and was surprised at the number of...