When Google first released the 0.1 version of their Gears browser plug-in back in May 2007, I thought for sure it would be only a matter of a few months before we saw web applications taking full advantage of an offline mode, maybe a year at max.  I think I may have grossly underestimated [...]

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It wasn’t long ago that everyone was buzzing about web mashup tools.  They were supposed to be miraculous pieces of software that would be able to bring together different disparate web applications, built in any language, and smash them together into one uber-cool application.  Alas, the term mashup is now out of fashion – or [...]

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IBM announced a new SaaS offering for collaboration at their Lotusphere 2009 conference, dubbed LotusLive.  There appears to be three main offerings to LotusLive: Networking and Collaboration, Web Conferencing, and LotusLive Email services – which appears to be a version of Lotus Notes in a web-based format.
According to the company press release:
LotusLive is [...]

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Looking for a 10 person hosted Atlassian Confluence wiki?  Good news: it just got a price cut.  Hosted confluence is now $49 / month.  According to the official company blog:
Team Hosted combines the enterprise features of Confluence with the convenience and affordability of SaaS. It lets users:

Edit pages using Microsoft Word
Utilize free third-party [...]

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Google unveiled their Google Apps Reseller program yesterday.  What does it mean?  In a nutshell, Google is looking to get more business user traction for their SaaS business office productivity offerings – specifically: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Docs, Google Sites and their security services for on-premise email servers. (I’d include Google Video [...]

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Microsoft is still in the process of testing Office 14, which will likely coincide with the next release of Exchange Server.  Microsoft already offers a hosted version of Exchange 2007 for some customers, but the next release of Exchange Server, currently known as E14, will include improvements to make Exchange Server more suited for [...]

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Just earlier today I wrote about the SaaS hype curve hitting its peak.  In a report from InformationWeek, 52% of 1,300 developers said they expect to work on SaaS projects in 2009, with most developers working on SaaS implementations in North America.
Also of interest: cloud computing is expected to be less frequently used, with [...]

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