tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26574843.post873420559069131028..comments2008-10-07T05:25:12.073+02:00Aad 't Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566387683675598847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26574843.post-88513077904560823722008-10-07T05:25:00.000+02:002008-10-07T05:25:00.000+02:00The Saas revolution is going to make distribution extremely easy if nothing else, as you pointed out - its the perfect example of a FLAT world. So the cost benefits attached to that are immense. Ive seen a couple of companies take advantage of that - 1 of them that i can instantly recall is a project management tool called <A HREF="http://www.deskaway.com/" REL="nofollow"> Deskaway </A> - based in Mumbai and serving the World..HarshilJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11697113082891691926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26574843.post-72308707382447018282008-10-05T23:43:00.000+02:002008-10-05T23:43:00.000+02:00I'm finding executive level managers resisting these trends. For example the notation of working from home. Old school managers want to measure productivity of knowledge workers. And because they cannot get a grip, they prefer employees to spend 40 or more hours in the office. Harvard's Andrew McAfee has just started blogging - "Should Knowledge Workers Have Enterprise 2.0 Ratings?" along with a framework to capture the E2.0 scores. Especially many SMB companies are run by controlling type entrepreneurial personalities; or they surround themselves with dull detail managers. I have a feeling they will be warm up to buy SaaS when metrics used to measure sales people or hourly production workers can satisfactorily measure the knowledge worker. I don't see any way to retro fit the established business software with these E.20 metrics...iChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13368132383395164003noreply@blogger.com