Gianpaolo's blog
thoughts of a dotcom refugee happily expatriated at Microsoft
Beleza , meu irmao (or what I learned in my Brazil visit)
As mentioned in my previous post, I spent a fantastic week in Brazil. Yes, the food was great (Fogo...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 04/09/2007
SaaS Workshop + Hand on Labs Available for Download
Fred posted a spring time Xmas gift. Press on the Santa on his blog entry and get the workshop...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 04/03/2007
Why a Deregulated IT would actually be good for Microsoft
Following my previous post, some (internal and external) folks have asked me why I was performing...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 04/01/2007
The IT Deregulation Act
Inspired by the Airline Deregulation Act the IT Deregulation Act (or IDA) is a CEO directive whose...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/30/2007
Templatized customization a.k.a. never give a gun to a monkey
My good friends at Southworks told me about a saying in Argentina going like this: "mas peligroso...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/26/2007
ISVs = 1-to-many delivery ; Enterprises = many-to-1 consumption
I've described several times in the past that service providers (typically ISVs) and service...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/24/2007
I have a Chinese name!
Today it was a fun day, I got to choose my Chinese name! Let me explain. Wu Hao (a Microsoft...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/23/2007
Michel-as-a-Service shares his thoughts and experiences
My colleague Michel Baladi (a.k.a. Michel-as-a-Service) has been spending a lot of time with ISVs...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/15/2007
Pre-SaaSCon Podcast
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed over the phone by Paul Gillin (his blog here), we covered...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/14/2007
Why SaaS in the Enterprise: The Elevator Pitch
Recently, I was asked what was the value prop for SaaS in the enterprise. The exact questions was...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 03/10/2007
Microsoft SaaS Architecture Brainpower Just Increased
I have a new member in my SaaS Architecture team, Eugenio Pace of Composite UI Application Block /...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 02/26/2007
LitwareHR and Windows Server 2003
I have received many emails and one blog comment about LitwareHR needing Windows 2003 to run. The...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 02/26/2007
More about LitwareHR
My friend Ron "Arcast" Jacobs just published a couple of videos we shot a few days before releasing...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 02/18/2007
SaaS Sample Application Finally HERE!
It took us a bit more than expected, but a few minutes ago, we released Litware HR: our SaaS sample...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 02/08/2007
Cost per feature vs. cost per tenant (or how to choose whether to go multi-tenant or not)
If I was given a penny for every time I was asked whether it is better to use 1 database per...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 01/25/2007
My 2006 SaaS Posts Hit Parade
Being December 30, just for fun, I looked at the blog engine stats and compiled the Hit Parade of...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 12/30/2006
Predictions for SaaS in 2007
Phil Wainewright concludes his Dec 22 post with: This is the second of three articles in which I'm...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 12/22/2006
The cheapest (and most likely fastest) way to transfer 300GB of data from San Francisco to New York is to FedEx the hard drive...
In his fantastic paper, Jim Gray describes the Distributed Computing Economics (it was published in...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 12/20/2006
SaaS ISV Architecture Questionnaire version 1.0
I recently put together a series of questions to be used in Architecture Design Sessions. This...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 12/09/2006
Phil Seeking the True Meaning of SaaS
Following all the noise about what is SaaS in the blogosphere these past few days, Phil as a very...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 12/05/2006
Want to watch some SaaS TV?
A couple of months ago, Armando an architect at Remend (and now a movie star :)) contacted me via...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 11/29/2006
SaaS adoption set to explode
(from Nic “IT doesn’t matter” Carr) SaaS adoption set to explode November 27, 2006 Large companies...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 11/28/2006
Mr. and Mrs. CIO SaaS will not make your life simpler (but it is not necessarily a bad thing)
This is the continuation of my previous post: SaaS, CIOs and the Mongolian Steppes . (If you have...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 11/27/2006
Introduction to SaaS Architecture Podcast
A few weeks ago, John deVadoss (my manager) and I recorded a short podcast introducing the key...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 11/18/2006
On the licensing front...
Today Microsoft announced the SaaS On Ramp program; this program provides discounted software for...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 11/07/2006
SaaS: An Enterprise Perspective
It took a bit longer than expected... but we have finally released our 3rd SaaS whitepaper. The...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/30/2006
SaaS, bad parents and not invented here syndrome
A few days ago I blogged about the analogy between SaaS providers and babysitters. Sinclair left a...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/19/2006
What have babysitters to do with SaaS?
Yesterday I was talking to a couple of enterprise customers, one of them happen to be from Jamaica....
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/14/2006
TechEd US SaaS Presentation Available Online
I just found out that my TechEd US (June 2006) presentation is available online here. (not sure how...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/07/2006
Understanding SaaS Architecture Powerpoint Presentation
For those interested, here is the link to our SaaSCon Understanding SaaS Archtiecture presentation....
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/04/2006
The "meringue effect" or even better, eating a "wind gebaeck"
[not a SaaS post, so if you read this blog exclusively for the SaaS guidance, you can safely skip it...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/04/2006
SaaS Architectures
A few months ago (wow... time flies) I blogged (here) about the SaaS ecosystem, briefly describing...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 10/02/2006
Takeaways from the “SaaS in the Enterprise” Panel at SaaSCon
On Tuesday, I sat between Steve Lucas and Jeff Nolan on a panel moderated by Phil Wainewright. The...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/29/2006
SaaS value proposition for SMBs is quite different than the one for large enterprise
Several discussions I had at SaaSCon reinforced my opinion that the value proposition of SaaS for...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/27/2006
Why Watching TV with your wife/husband/partner is good for Architects
Sometime watching a show that has nothing to do with software architecture could help you understand...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/27/2006
Dan shares his impression of SaaScon
Dan shares his impressions of SaaSCon (here) and (here) has some kind words about our SaaScon...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/27/2006
Back from SaaSCon
SaaSCon was a lot of fun! I love industry conferences; the divergence of opinion is always very...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/27/2006
Mike is telling us how he does it :)
A couple of weeks ago, I spent some time on the phone with Mike, the principal architect of a small...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/18/2006
Looking for a top notch SaaS architect!
Our efforts on SaaS architecture guidance are growing and we are hiring. There are more aspects we...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/15/2006
SaaS podcast on Computerworld
A couple of weeks ago, Fred and I did an interview discussing our whitepapers and previewing our...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 09/07/2006
The “multi-tenant” emperor has not clothes
In the last few weeks I have read quite a few articles (and blog entries) glorifying multi-tenancy,...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 08/30/2006
SaaS in the enterprise (or the need of the external service bus?!)
After a couple of whitepapers and a few blog entries on how to successfully deliver SaaS (or as Fred...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 08/19/2006
SaaS architecture site on MSDN just went live
I just got back from vacation and I am told that the SaaS architecture guidance site on MSDN...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 08/15/2006
Not a SaaS related post
As a "dotcom refugee" I can related to many of these points... very nice. From onstartups.com...
Author: gianpaolo Date: 07/29/2006