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Question of the Day: What's the most interesting small town you've visited in South Africa?
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LazyLion
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Why do you throw such a complicated article at us when it is nearly suppertime? I can't figure out if this is another one of those "things are gonna get better" articles... or "you're gonna earn less" articles! 
I seriously don't see this happening in a big way when it comes to proprietary business software. Maybe CRM stuff but not engineering and industry specific applications. Not until a more structured way of communicating data is concieved.
Anyone thats worked with AJAX and web2.0 technologies will understand the complexities in developing industry specific solutions using such loosely coupled protocols. I'm not saying it can't be done, but from a software engineering perspective its a minefield to debug and manage.
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Also, the other hard pitch to customers is data security. Especially in highly competitive markets where negotiated supplier pricing models and certain intellectual property may be accessed. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the idea. Its just a tricky situation that needs to be overcome.
Anyone thats worked with AJAX and web2.0 technologies will understand the complexities in developing industry specific solutions using such loosely coupled protocols. I'm not saying it can't be done, but from a software engineering perspective its a minefield to debug and manage.
*edit*
Also, the other hard pitch to customers is data security. Especially in highly competitive markets where negotiated supplier pricing models and certain intellectual property may be accessed. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the idea. Its just a tricky situation that needs to be overcome.
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Maverick_Nick
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SaaS
The reason I don't think SaaS will be taking off among small to mid sized businesses in the next few years has nothing to do with the software itself. It also has nothing to do with security. Telecommunications is what it's all about and for as long as consumers are restricted to rediculous data caps, it's going to be more feasable to invest in on-site infrastructure than it would be putting up with unreliable and extremely expensive data services.
We're using Telkom's fixed line as well as Vodacom's wireless services and they're both unreliable. We've got mini database servers at our stores around the country syncing to our main db at head office just because we can't depend on the line.
SaaS is something that would appeal more to smaller businesses as larger companies rely on heavily customized software where business rules are continuously changing.
The reason I don't think SaaS will be taking off among small to mid sized businesses in the next few years has nothing to do with the software itself. It also has nothing to do with security. Telecommunications is what it's all about and for as long as consumers are restricted to rediculous data caps, it's going to be more feasable to invest in on-site infrastructure than it would be putting up with unreliable and extremely expensive data services.
We're using Telkom's fixed line as well as Vodacom's wireless services and they're both unreliable. We've got mini database servers at our stores around the country syncing to our main db at head office just because we can't depend on the line.
SaaS is something that would appeal more to smaller businesses as larger companies rely on heavily customized software where business rules are continuously changing.
Agreed Maverick_Nick. That and the fact that you're reliant on an incompetent third party (Telkom - Neotel has yet to prove itself). That said, if the DSL goes down and all work is sitting in the cloud, where does that leave one in terms of productivity? It just can't work until we have improved telecoms service.
francoislr
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Just tested it again for the first time in a few months. On my own litte 384 adsl line it worked fine, but I have never experienced that kind of speed, even on 4meg lines, at clients premises. Internet is too crap, especially any connection that is shared.
Just tested it again for the first time in a few months. On my own litte 384 adsl line it worked fine, but I have never experienced that kind of speed, even on 4meg lines, at clients premises. Internet is too crap, especially any connection that is shared.