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Moving towards your career goals based on your passion
I am a true believer in making your selections in your career based on your passion. Let me explain why. Every day should be a learning experience so having to deal with something that you are not passionate about might take you into places where you do not want to be. I wanted to share…
Read MoreLearnings of using software tools to run your business – Part 3
In my previous blog entry I gave the overall view how our Dynamics CRM 2013 account/contact entities have been used and what kind of Dynamics CRM 2013 custom fields I have used with those entities. In this blog entry I will describe the process how we integrate to SharePoint 2013 Online (part of Office 365).…
Read MoreVelocity of Business Models
It is amazing to see how the velocity of business models is changing the entire cloud landscape. I read an InformationWeek article this morning about Gartner’s Magic Quadrant 2014 for cloud, its winners and losers and how for example Rackspace business model has change drastically the past year or so. Rackspace used to be the poster child in hosting…
Read MoreWill your web-site work with different devices?
It surprises me how few software vendors have realized to change their web-site to work with any type of mobile or tablet device. Almost a year-and-a-half ago I made a decision to make things simple and base my web-sites on technology whereby I do not have to think about different devices, the web-site technology will…
Read MoreThe App Economy – How should we view app monetization?
The blogosphere is all about apps and how different ecosystems compete for the eyeballs of these and the money of course. You might still remember the the news when a far app pulled as much as $10,000/day in revenue but since then there is tens of similar applications on the marketplace. This started a trend…
Read MoreIs Big Data going to replace Enterprise Data Warehousing?
In my blog entry yesterday I concluded that Big Data as an acronym is on the rise and ISVs need to pay attention to this. The next question that one needs to pose is how is Big Data different from the traditional enterprise data warehousing? I still remember vividly the arguments 15 years ago whether…
Read MoreBusiness Analytics is on the rise again with Big Data leading the way
It is fun to see how some things will just continue being relevant. Business Analytics, Data Warehousing and lately Big Analytics are topping the charts. Based on my own feelings, Big Data really took off the second half of 2012 and we also included that in our business modeling workshops as one optional extension that…
Read MoreWhy software is still relevant and even more so going forward
When I reflect my past more than 20 years, I have been fortunate enough to be part of the software industry on a global level. First 10 years I spent in Europe working for software companies and the past 15 years I have lived and worked in the US as entrepreneur helping out software companies…
Read MoreSome thoughts and tips in moving existing WordPress blog to Windows Azure
I happen to work with many different types of software companies and one of my passions is to follow the industry and make sure that I stay focused and current. One of my “things to do” has been to move my personal WordPress blog from a private hosting site to something that enables me not…
Read MoreDrSalonen WordPress site is now running natively in Windows Azure environment
One of the benefits of having some down-time due to holiday season is to be able to do more of things what you can’t do when you are in full swing with work. For me this has meant throughout my career that I do research, write books, study technology or do things when I am…
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