links for 2007-12-04

• Recipes: Chocolate Cake
  (tags: chocolate cake baking microwave vegan cooking food recipes)
• The Chocolate Room - vegan chocolate listings and recipes
  (tags: chocolate vegan recipes food cooking baking)
• snowjoggers women
  (tags: shoes shopping wishlist boots fashion)
• The Partner Role in Delivery Software as a Service (SaaS)
  The Partner Role in Delivery Software as a Service (SaaS)
  (tags: saas-transformation saas isv whitepaper)
• ASPnews.com — Trends : The Road to SaaS: 10 Tips for a Successful Transition
  The key thing to remember when transitioning a software business from on-premise to the … SaaS model is simple: think like a landlord.
  (tags: saas software business isv saas-transformation whitepaper)
• SaaS and Hosting Blog: SaaS distilled
  I’ve been trying to figure out the requirements for an efficient software-as-as-service infrastructure.
  (tags: saas infrastructure saas-transformation whitepaper)
• Will Price
  Aria is not only itself a SaaS ISV, but also the company is a core component of any SaaS company trying to efficiently scale.
  (tags: vc blog business technology venture vcblog isv saas saas-transformation investment aria ariasystems)
• A Whitepaper for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) Properly Pricing Software-as-a-Service Within an Established Product
  Properly Pricing
  Software-as-a-Service
  Within an Established Product
  Portfolio
  (tags: saas isv whitepaper lecayla pricing)
• Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: SaaS - new software model, new challenges
  SaaS - new software model, new challenges
  The benefits to the buying customer are obvious… But, what happens to the software company business model? The answers are different for start-ups versus established software companies.
  (tags: pricing infrastructure saas software business vc startup strategy isv saas-transformation whitepaper)
• More SaaS ISVs to let enterprises have it their way on deployment models | Dana Gardner’s BriefingsDirect | ZDNet.com
  It turns out to be a lot easier to bring SaaS applications on-premises, than the reverse transition — of transforming an on-premises shrink-wrapped product to a SaaS, hosted-solution offering.
  (tags: saas isv saas-transformation whitepaper)
• SaaS Blogs - » How Can a SaaS ISV Drive Down Marketing & Sales Costs?
  How Can a SaaS ISV Drive Down Marketing & Sales Costs?
  (tags: saas isv marketing sales costs pricing)
• SaaS Blogs - » Can Open Source & SaaS Get Along?
  I find it very easy to treat the Open Source Community as one of the many implementation mechanisms for software, irrespective of how the software is distributed or who wants it.
  (tags: opensource isv strategy saas)
• Solutions-Centric Ecosystems Disrupt The Enterprise Software World Order by R “Ray” Wang - Forrester Research
  As software vendors and system integrators expand into new markets, they will form solutions-centric ecosystems to enable exclusive, complementary, and “co-opetive” relationships.
• Startup Reality Distortion #5: Web Hosting Is Not Free
  Startup Reality Distortion #5: Web Hosting Is Not Free
  (tags: web planning hosting saas startup webhosting isv strategy infrastructure)
• Startups: Should You Offer A Hosted and Non-Hosted Version?
  So, should startups offer both a hosted and non-hosted version of their software? The short answer is: ideally, no.
  (tags: isv software startup business saas hosted)
• force.com: The Perils of Platform As A Service
  My concerns are primarily strategic in nature and centered around software entrepreneurs looking to build businesses on top of force.com. My guess is that startups are the initial primary audience for force.com as I don’t believe large, established ent…
  (tags: saas strategy platform business salesforce isv startups)
• Product T-Shirts Information
  (tags: clothing design fun shopping tshirt tshirts wishlist t-shirts lego)
• vintage ads - sexist - Daily Mail
  (tags: women politics humor gender funny advertising vintage ads)
• Forgotten Chicago - The Little House on Polk Street
  (tags: chicago pictures photos photographs history architecture)
• Software Products vs. Services: Are You Making Money While You Sleep?
  (tags: blogs saas products services saas-transformation isv)
• Peer 1 promises cheaper, easier SaaS for ISVs
  Canadian infrastructure provider Peer 1 is using deep discounts on consulting services as part of a program to entice independent software vendors to make the move to an on-demand model for providing applications to their customers.
  (tags: hosting isv internet saas technology peer1 canada microsoft consulting)