Comments for SmoothSpan Blog http://smoothspan.wordpress.com For Executives, Entrepreneurs, and other Digerati who need to know about SaaS and Web 2.0. Thu, 22 May 2008 20:04:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on 10 Ideas to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level: Because It Needs It (Sorry Guys) by Small Cnc Milling Machine http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/10-ideas-to-take-linkedin-to-the-next-level-because-it-needs-it-sorry-guys/#comment-1964 Small Cnc Milling Machine Fri, 16 May 2008 19:47:39 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=479#comment-1964 <strong>Small Cnc Milling Machine...</strong> I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.... Small Cnc Milling Machine…

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you….

]]> Comment on Carl Icahn Goes Into Yahoo and Workday Closes Biggest SaaS Deal Ever by Andrew Biss http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/carl-icahn-goes-into-yahoo-and-workday-closes-biggest-saas-deal-ever/#comment-1963 Andrew Biss Fri, 16 May 2008 12:08:27 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=563#comment-1963 Congratulations to Workday for landing the deal with Flextronics. This deal will surely become one of the standard references stories for SaaS. On the InformationWeek post you linked to, Dave Duffield mentions in the video interview how important it is to work with IT and integrate with their existing systems. Workday put its money where its mouth is when they bought Cape Clear. They were also clever to take their on-premise SOA and integration tools off the market (SaaS-only in future). I worked with the team at Cape Clear in a previous life and this was a clever move by Workday. This is perhaps not so surprising, as Duffield made some clever technical decisions at his previous company, PeopleSoft. In particular, I am thinking of their decision to embed the Tuxedo transaction processing monitor into PeopleSoft. This gave them a great performance advantage over the competing UNIX-based solutions. Integration takes on a new meaning with SaaS. ISVs must learn new tricks to meet market demands. Workday is a good role model that can teach ISVs a lot. Congratulations to Workday for landing the deal with Flextronics. This deal will surely become one of the standard references stories for SaaS.

On the InformationWeek post you linked to, Dave Duffield mentions in the video interview how important it is to work with IT and integrate with their existing systems.

Workday put its money where its mouth is when they bought Cape Clear. They were also clever to take their on-premise SOA and integration tools off the market (SaaS-only in future). I worked with the team at Cape Clear in a previous life and this was a clever move by Workday.

This is perhaps not so surprising, as Duffield made some clever technical decisions at his previous company, PeopleSoft. In particular, I am thinking of their decision to embed the Tuxedo transaction processing monitor into PeopleSoft. This gave them a great performance advantage over the competing UNIX-based solutions.

Integration takes on a new meaning with SaaS. ISVs must learn new tricks to meet market demands. Workday is a good role model that can teach ISVs a lot.

]]> Comment on Mark Cuban’s Simple Plan to Unseat Google Won’t Work by smoothspan http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/mark-cubans-simple-plan-to-unseat-google-wont-work/#comment-1959 smoothspan Thu, 15 May 2008 19:28:05 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1959 LOL, you got that right Patrick! BW LOL, you got that right Patrick!

BW

]]> Comment on Mark Cuban’s Simple Plan to Unseat Google Won’t Work by patrickdlogan http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/mark-cubans-simple-plan-to-unseat-google-wont-work/#comment-1958 patrickdlogan Thu, 15 May 2008 18:53:25 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=564#comment-1958 How many of those sites are popular *because* of google? How many of those sites are popular *because* of google?

]]> Comment on Multitenancy Can Have a 16:1 Cost Advantage Over Single-Tenant by Want to make money with SaaS? Then don’t migrate your on-premise application to managed-hosting | paasTalk http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/multitenancy-can-have-a-161-cost-advantage-over-single-tenant/#comment-1957 Want to make money with SaaS? Then don’t migrate your on-premise application to managed-hosting | paasTalk Thu, 15 May 2008 16:54:35 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/multitenancy-can-have-a-161-cost-advantage-over-single-tenant/#comment-1957 [...] is a big risk your costs will explode as each new tenant comes on-board. An article from Bob Warfield’s SmoothSpan blog makes this point [...] [...] is a big risk your costs will explode as each new tenant comes on-board. An article from Bob Warfield’s SmoothSpan blog makes this point [...]

]]> Comment on Carl Icahn Goes Into Yahoo and Workday Closes Biggest SaaS Deal Ever by Between the Lines mobile edition http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/carl-icahn-goes-into-yahoo-and-workday-closes-biggest-saas-deal-ever/#comment-1953 Between the Lines mobile edition Wed, 14 May 2008 16:35:58 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=563#comment-1953 [...] Bob Warfield explains: (The Workday deal) is a definite shot to the On-premise wheelhouse.  Given that it’s a Human Capital Management deal, it’s also kind of a shot in the wheelhouse for the other SaaS HCM vendors like Taleo and SuccessFactors.  The system replaces 80 disparate HR systems deployed in 30 countries.  This is the kind of job SaaS is ideal for.  Getting through such a blizzard of legacy systems takes some real streamlining if you’re going to live to tell of the story.  The savings potential on such projects is enormous, but the risks around a conventional On-premise install are what led to the phrase “boiling the ocean”.  Choosing SaaS minimizes that risk. [...] [...] Bob Warfield explains: (The Workday deal) is a definite shot to the On-premise wheelhouse.  Given that it’s a Human Capital Management deal, it’s also kind of a shot in the wheelhouse for the other SaaS HCM vendors like Taleo and SuccessFactors.  The system replaces 80 disparate HR systems deployed in 30 countries.  This is the kind of job SaaS is ideal for.  Getting through such a blizzard of legacy systems takes some real streamlining if you’re going to live to tell of the story.  The savings potential on such projects is enormous, but the risks around a conventional On-premise install are what led to the phrase “boiling the ocean”.  Choosing SaaS minimizes that risk. [...]

]]> Comment on Integration and Expertise Matter More for SaaS by Carl Icahn Goes Into Yahoo and Workday Closes Biggest SaaS Deal Ever « SmoothSpan Blog http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/integration-and-expertise-matter-more-for-saas/#comment-1952 Carl Icahn Goes Into Yahoo and Workday Closes Biggest SaaS Deal Ever « SmoothSpan Blog Wed, 14 May 2008 15:35:19 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=549#comment-1952 [...] factors included off-the-shelf integration with providers of employee benefits (integration has played out before as a huge competitive opportunity for SaaS players), and the realization the HCM software is not [...] [...] factors included off-the-shelf integration with providers of employee benefits (integration has played out before as a huge competitive opportunity for SaaS players), and the realization the HCM software is not [...]

]]> Comment on Apotheker’s 10X Operating Cost Reduction for SaaS Isn’t Enough by Dam breaking? CODA2go, Aqilla, e-conomic all getting traction | AccMan http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/apothekers-10x-operating-cost-reduction-for-saas-isnt-enough/#comment-1950 Dam breaking? CODA2go, Aqilla, e-conomic all getting traction | AccMan Wed, 14 May 2008 06:31:31 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=554#comment-1950 [...] on-demand world is pretending that the road ahead is easy. As Bob Warfield correctly points out, getting the economics right for on-demand requires significant engineering work. Partnerships are always problematic though I’d argue technology partnerships of the kind [...] [...] on-demand world is pretending that the road ahead is easy. As Bob Warfield correctly points out, getting the economics right for on-demand requires significant engineering work. Partnerships are always problematic though I’d argue technology partnerships of the kind [...]

]]> Comment on Multitenancy Can Have a 16:1 Cost Advantage Over Single-Tenant by HP Acquires EDS: More Cloud Computing Fallout? « SmoothSpan Blog http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/multitenancy-can-have-a-161-cost-advantage-over-single-tenant/#comment-1948 HP Acquires EDS: More Cloud Computing Fallout? « SmoothSpan Blog Tue, 13 May 2008 23:24:50 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2007/10/28/multitenancy-can-have-a-161-cost-advantage-over-single-tenant/#comment-1948 [...] -and- Part 2 of the Tool/Platform Rants)Well Done Google App Engine, Congratulations Python!Multitenancy Can Have a 16:1 Cost Advantage Over Single-TenantPractical Experiences With Never Rewriting [...] [...] -and- Part 2 of the Tool/Platform Rants)Well Done Google App Engine, Congratulations Python!Multitenancy Can Have a 16:1 Cost Advantage Over Single-TenantPractical Experiences With Never Rewriting [...]

]]> Comment on Interview With Rally Development’s Tim Miller and Ryan Martens by smoothspan http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/interview-with-rally-developments-tim-miller-and-ryan-martens/#comment-1947 smoothspan Tue, 13 May 2008 22:16:28 +0000 http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/?p=559#comment-1947 Andrew, I hear you, but it's so misguided to keep the customer out in the interests of secrecy or competitive advantage. There are actually amazingly few good secrets out there. The world talks. And more than likely, it isn't the folks you'd view as customers who you have to worry about talking too much. Cheers, BW Andrew, I hear you, but it’s so misguided to keep the customer out in the interests of secrecy or competitive advantage. There are actually amazingly few good secrets out there. The world talks. And more than likely, it isn’t the folks you’d view as customers who you have to worry about talking too much.

Cheers,

BW

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