December 11th, 2008 by Duane Jackson
2008 is certainly going to be seen as a milestone in the history of Cloud Computing and Software-as-a Service.
Firstly, an online accounting app thrashed the established disc-based providers at the Software Satisfaction Awards.
On the same night, cloud computing CRM provider, Really Simple Systems, beat the old school in their category too.
Sage confirmed they’re entering the foray with a web-based accounting program next year. Well, we kind of announced it for them and left them with no choice but to confirm it.
And of course, tomorrow is the first ever Cloud Computing Day.
What the UK has been lacking is a site dedicated to Cloud Computing and independent of any particular software vendor.
This all changes on Monday when Business Cloud 9 officially launches. Sift Media already have done Great Things with their others sites including John Stokdyk’s Accounting Web, Dan Martin’s Business Zone, Neil Davey’s MyCustomer, Gerry O’Kane’s Finance Week, and Susie Finch & Claire Savage’s Training Zone. (the list just goes on and on).
If their past record is anything to go by, then Business Cloud 9 will soon be the center of all things Cloud in the UK.
If you’ve got an interest in the Cloud Computing scene, be it commerical or otherwise, I strongly recommend you go and read Stuart Lauchlan’s welcome message, sign up to Business Cloud 9 and get involved. I know I will be.
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November 18th, 2008 by Duane Jackson
Today we announced Cloud Computing day. The idea is that on Friday 12th December we’ll be encouraging small businesses all over the UK to attempt to ditch traditional installed software in favour of web-based solutions.
Will you be joining in? If so, I’d be really keen to hear your comments (post them on the wall of the Cloud Computing Day Event on FaceBook). If you’re reading this page then you probably already use our award winning online accounting software – so that’s that side of things covered. Here’s a list of some of the other applications that are out there:
Word Processing, Spreadsheets, etc
Google Docs
Zoho
CRM
HighRiseHQ
Really Simple Systems
Interesting that Google seem to have quite a rounded offering. No wonder Microsoft are saying that they’re moving Office over to a web-based app. They were slow to embrace the internet, have they also come late to the Cloud Computing party? They’re certainly coming to the party according to a press release last month:
As part of a strategic companywide shift toward embracing web-based solutions, Microsoft today announced plans to deliver Office Web applications – lightweight versions of Office – through web browsers
Anyway, back to the matter in hand…
In an ideal world, the only application you should have to fire up on you computer is a web browser. What I’m going to find really interesting are the areas where we can’t find any web-based apps. So keep a note of where you have to revert back to old-fashioned locally installed software and let us know.
If there’s a gap, then there could be an opportunity for a budding entrepreneur to fill it.
So note the date in your (web-based?) calendar, research what’s out there and get ready for the first Cloud Computing Day on 12/12/2008.
Post your experiences of the day to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35664877484
Tags: Cloud Computing Day, Google, KashFlow, Microsoft
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