Gianpaolo's blog

Earlier this week, at SIIA S4 conference , I participated in a short panel, nicely moderated by Newsgator's Greg Reinacker on Desktop vs. Webtop. The key premise was: since a lot of activities seem to be moving to the Web, do we still need a Desktop?...

I mentioned just over a month ago that our SaaS architecture brainpower just increased with Eugenio joining the team. He is now ready to start sharing his thoughts. So, if you like this blog and/or Fred's blog , I would highly recommend you subscribe...

Richard Veynard responded to my SaaS undertaker tongue in cheek idea ( previous post ) by suggesting a more architectural approach. Structural problems call for structural solutions. That's what architects are for. He says here . I was also reminded...

I am not sure the following email (forwarded to me yesterday which I edited to removed the company's name) will make the headlines, but it illustrates the other side (much less publicized, although very real) of SaaS. From: [XXXX] Team Sent: Friday, April...

As mentioned in my previous post, I spent a fantastic week in Brazil. Yes, the food was great ( Fogo de Chao , Feijoada , Marius Crustaceos....), yes, the weather was amazing , but what made this week fantastic was the people: The local Microsoftees...

View from my hotel room 10 minutes ago :)) yes, it is a view on copacabana towards ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro :) This country is amazing!! What am I doing in Brazil you might ask, I have spent the week in Sao Paulo and Rio for the Brazilian...

Fred posted a spring time Xmas gift. Press on the Santa on his blog entry and get the workshop material :)

Following my previous post , some (internal and external) folks have asked me why I was performing seppuku by sharing my thoughts on Deregulated IT :) Their premise was that deregulated IT, taken to its logical conclusion could (would?) disrupt several...