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Who should control how you and your friends´ personal information is used

The Editorial Team on Nov 1, 2013

Personal information about the people in our lives is typically kept in different places. These places can be one or more email accounts, one or more social/professional networks or one or more messaging/chat ser...

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When is a subscription not a subscription?

Chris Latterell on Oct 31, 2013

Perhaps the most common type of subscription is the mobile phone. Almost all of us have one; many even have two – business and personal. The United Nations’ telecoms agency, the ITU, has predicted that by the end...

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The Myth of Mobile First

Rafael Laguna on Oct 28, 2013

Semil Shah’s “Rethinking the Seductiveness of Mobile-First” article published recently in TechCrunch was a breath of fresh air. Here is a writer, focusing mostly on mobile, suggesting that mobile may not necessar...

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The Rise and Rise of the Subscription Economy

Chris Latterell on Oct 25, 2013

As the move towards SaaS shows no signs of slowing down, the subscription payment model is growing in presence throughout the software industry. But it is not only in the cloud computing sector where we are witne...

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Open-Xchange looks to the Trust Factor

guest on Oct 21, 2013

Guest Blog by Phil Shih, Structure Research At the

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Shared Hosters Start selling „All You Can Eat“ To Consumer, SOHO and SMB ma...

guest on Oct 14, 2013

Shared hosting growth has slowed in the last months, but the sector continues to be resilient and re-invent itself. Perhaps the most interesting recent development in the shared hosting space over the last quarte...

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Collaboration tools need more than just good technology

guest on Oct 2, 2013

I recently attended the BoxWorks 2013 Summit where Box announced a number of new tools and features around collaboration. The discussions and positioning around this collaborative technology reminded me of a less...

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SaaS brings Premium Services and Innovation

guest on Sep 16, 2013

As hosting providers move higher up the stack, broadening their portfolios andlooking to offer higher-margin software functionality, a number of options are avail-able: develop in-house, partner to outsource comp...

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Business email: Keeping your customers in the loop

Rafael Laguna on Sep 3, 2013

By Thomas Vollrath, CEO Host Europe Group

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From Video Collection to Internet Connection – How subscription based strea...

Chris Latterell on Sep 2, 2013

Everyone loves movies, and the film industry has proven itself to be a true survivor.

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