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Software-as-a-Service

Learn about software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that can help organizations leverage cloud computing for cost-effective technology implementations.

Pros and Cons of Software-as-a-Service models

April 27, 2009 by Laura (Brandau) Brandenburg

With all the hype today, you’d think this article be titled “why you need to get your self some SaaS today”. That may have been a cute title but I’d be doing my visitors a disservice. The truth is, there are pros and cons of service software models. Weighed against the options of building or [...]

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When to stop analyzing requirements and start shopping for software solutions

April 20, 2009 by Laura (Brandau) Brandenburg

All too often we start shopping for software solutions before we know what we want or, worse yet, we create fully defined specifications (whether written or in our minds) before we start shopping. In either situation either our activities are not efficient and possibly ineffective at finding the best possible technology solution to a real [...]

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What I learned about SaaS requirements while searching for a wedding dress

March 30, 2009 by Laura (Brandau) Brandenburg

Over the past week and a half, I’ve been to 4 dress shops and tried on at least 50 wedding dresses. Being in the position of unenlightened consumer, working my way through a purchase I have never made before and will never (knock on wood) make again, and really not sure what I wanted but [...]

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Using free software and services to scale a business

March 5, 2009 by Laura (Brandau) Brandenburg

It’s no secret that a plethora of free tools and services exist to help you do anything from publish a blog to publish video to manage your email and calendar to doing all kinds of traditional administrative tasks like word processing and spreadsheet management. But what I learned this past weekend is that it’s possible [...]

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