Posts by DrSalonen
Microsoft’s 50th Anniversary and my personal and professional journey with Microsoft
Microsoft is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, and it would be good to reflect on my journey with Microsoft and tech life, which I have been blessed to be part of since the 1980s. Interestingly, I ended up in tech life almost accidentally. When I was approved to study at the Hanken School of Economics (Swedish…
Read MoreThe Concept of Total Monetization and Why It Matters
I have written several articles about monetization and also several articles about how monetization is changing with AI. The concept of Total Monetization is a concept that Zuora has introduced and they define it as follows: Total Monetization refers to a comprehensive strategy aimed at maximizing revenue by leveraging multiple streams and optimizing them in…
Read MoreBook Review: Agentic Artificial Intelligence-Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work, and Life
Book Review: AI Super-Powers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order
Kai-Fu Lee’s 2018 book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order has proven to be remarkably prescient in light of recent developments in the AI industry, particularly the emergence of the Chinese AI company DeepSeek. Although the book is from 2018, it describes China’s power well when the government decides where the…
Read MoreBook Review: Four Thousand Weeks average lifespan – Are you spending those weeks wisely?
Reviewing Four Thousand Weeks—Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman is appropriate as we are on the brink of changing from 2024 to 2025. This is my 26th book review of the year. I reviewed other books on the same theme this year, such as “Buy Back Your Time” by Dan Martell and also Joshua…
Read MoreAI and its impact on future accounting
The threat of AI on traditional BI and Analytics tools
AI also changes software domains like business intelligence (BI) and analytics. Earlier in my career, I spent over 15 years as head of development for two software companies, building and delivering business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics solutions. BI and analytics vendors have long marketed their solutions as easy to use, but we must ask…
Read MoreWhat type of AI Solutions will we see in 2025?
Book Review: Software as a Science by Dan Martell et al.
SaaS is not new. One would think that there would be nothing more to uncover. Still, we learn every day from the experiences we face when running a SaaS business or in consulting organizations that offer services to SaaS vendors. I have learned in life that with information overload, core concepts must be repeated regularly…
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