Category: Internet

Low Cost Business Startup Model via SaaS

The terms SaaS and “Cloud Computing” have been bandied around a fair bit of late by the media who seem to be more focused on the hype and a good story rather than the practical reality. Cloud Computing is a term I am like a lot of IT professionals trying to avoid at the moment since it is not really that well defined and usually better described by phrases like “Outsourced Infrastructure” or “Virtualization” with some discussion on fault tolerance and lack of specific location thrown in.

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categories Internet, SaaS | seand | datetime November 18, 2009 7:08 pm | comments Comments (0)

Moving IT spend from Maintenance to Innovation – Part 1

It’s been a while since I have posted anything to the blog so it is well and truly time for an update. Of late I have been getting back into software development in a more hands on kind of way, now being in a CIO role for a New Zealand company.

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categories Business, Internet, Technology | seand | datetime October 31, 2009 5:05 pm | comments Comments (0)

The lowdown on “Get Rich Quick” schemes

Having noticed a recent upsurge of “get rich quick” type websites I thought it might be interesting to take a look and see if anyone was making any money by looking into one of the websites. As expected it turns out most of these sites are essentially a combination of pyramid scheme, search engine optimization and taking advantage of different web based advertising charging schemes.

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categories Internet | seand | datetime May 12, 2009 9:56 am | comments Comments (0)

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