ANALYSIS – While it may not fall into the original, and somewhat ill fated definition of software as a service (SaaS), these two articles highlight the reasons why the new generation of web-based productivity and business applications may actually succeed. Harken back a few years when software vendors were sprinting towards delivery of their applications [...]

ALERT – In their quest to control all things digital, Google has announced a media server adding to their long list of applications and services. First it was Google Desktop to help organize the PC, then it was Google docs, an alternative to that other, big, controlling software company. Now that they have their fingers [...]

ANALYSIS – In recent months, new online file transfer and storage applications have popped up with increasing frequency and the latest, Docstoc makes concerted efforts to simplify the upload process by installing an applet on your desktop. Docstoc differentiates itself by claiming that they want to be the Youtube of professional documents – a place [...]