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The 3 business tech trends for 2013

December 3, 2012 in Technology

Trend lists are posted all the time describing different technologies and business models that are emerging and that will impact the IT industry.

Cloud – growth or hype?

October 15, 2012 in Technology

Predicting future growth is a difficult and an uncertain exercise. But let’s take a look at what the forecasting companies are expecting for Cloud growth in the coming years.

What is unique about Visma.net?

September 28, 2012 in Technology

The IT industry is facing massive changes. The introduction of the Cloud paradigm is changing the way IT is consumed, all the way from purchase to actual usage. We are no longer tied to locally installed software with inflexible pricing models. Visma.net is our new complete business solution that provides all the benefits of the Cloud. There are several aspects ...

What is the Cloud made of?

September 4, 2012 in Technology

Visma does not define Cloud as a technology in itself, but a collection of different technologies combined with new business models. By this we state that Cloud is the next generation of IT – a new paradigm. Through history we have seen similar technological disruptions, from mainframes to PC’s, and from character based software to windows based. Now we are ...

Turning Products Into Services

May 4, 2012 in Technology

Consider the jet engine industry and the disruption of the business model in the ‘90s. Traditionally the industry competed on product functionality like thrust-to-weight ratio, design, just-in-time delivery of parts and so on. These elements are connected to the actual offering, where features and performance are at the core. The same applies for the computer industry where the vendors compete ...

Cloud basics – Deployment models

March 12, 2012 in Technology

One of the key elements of Cloud Computing is the deployment model. There are a number of different methodologies and ways to define the elements of Cloud. So far there are no unambiguously definitions or standards. Therefore there are different understandings of deployment models with no one being better than another, but we are seeing some dominant definitions. In this ...

Cloud basics – the Layers

February 24, 2012 in Technology

There is probably no other concept facing the IT-industry that is more hyped than Cloud Computing. Some say it will totally disrupt the industry, which very well may be the case, but in our eager to support the hype, it is important to break Cloud down into the concrete parts of which it is build. In this article we will ...