Day: August 5, 2006

Just came across a list of UK CEOs who blog. I must say I only know David Terrar from the list. Richard Charkin, Chief Executive, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., blogging since December 12, 2005 Perry de Havilland, Partner, the Big Blog Company – blogging since June 6, 2003 Dave Jennings, CEO, Envigour Systems Ltd. – blogging since June 13, 2005 Chris Lewis, CEO, LEWIS PR, blogging since January 28, 2005 Alan Moore, Managing Director, SMLXL – blogging since February 22, 2004 JP Rangaswami, CIO, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, UK – blogging since February 28, 2006 Mark Rogers, CEO, Market Sentinel – blogging…

There is a significant confusion on the acronyms SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and ASP (Applications Service Provider). David Terrar, Managing Director of D2C and Twinfield UK attempts to resolve this issue once and for all. When it comes to definitions, the first place I usually look at is Wikipedia. Here is its definition: Software as a Service (SaaS) is a model of software delivery where the software company provides maintenance, daily technical operation, and support for the software provided to their client. SaaS is a model of software delivery rather than a market segment; software can be delivered using this method to…