Sunday, November 29, 2009

富人; 窮人

"當你得意的時候,它是你的一條退路; 當你失意的時候,它是你的一條出路。 我們並不缺少機會,而是缺少訊息; 我們並不缺少訊息,而是缺少貴人相告; 我們並不缺少貴人相告,而是缺少相信。 我們之所以不相信,是因為我們拒絕了解! 富人都是相信再看見;窮人都是看見再相信~~~ 請問您想當哪一種人呢?!"

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Catholic Coffee

Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee.

The first Catholic man tells his friends,
"My son is a priest, when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'."

The second Catholic man chirps,
"My son is a Bishop. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Grace'."

The third Catholic gent says,
"My son is a Cardinal. When he enters a room everyone says 'Your Eminence'."

The fourth Catholic man then says,
"My son is the Pope. When he walks into a room people call him 'Your Holiness'."

Since the lone Catholic woman was sipping her coffee in silence, the four men give her a subtle, "Well....?"

She proudly replies, "I have a daughter, slim, tall, 38D breast, 24" stomach and 34" hips.

When she walks into a room, people say, "Oh My God."

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Software as a Service

The first time I learned the term SaaS was when I attended a service science seminar in the Raddison Hotel in Taipei. SaaS stands for Software as a Service. SaaS is a model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand.
Sounds complicated? You shouldn’t feel this way; if you have a gmail account than you are already the benefactor of SaaS. Gmail is basically an email service (an application) that you subscribe through your internet browser. There is no software to install or program to update even though Google upgrades its software almost once every quarter.
The advantages of SaaS are tremendous:
1. There is no upfront cost to buy the application software, which could run up to thousands of dollars.
2. You pay a monthly fee, kind of like paying for your phone bill
3. Application can be accessed anywhere and anytime as long as you can log on to the Internet.
4. Data is securely saved in a professional data center, backed up daily in several locations
5. Software upgrade is completely transparent
Salesforce.com, one of the pioneers in the adaptation of SaaS made millions with its CRM systems. Smaller company like Armorize Technologies is able to sustain its revenue growth without the aid of venture capitalists or banks. Could this be the next disruptive technology in software evolution? Would Microsoft follow Google’s footstep by launching its Microsoft Office in SaaS format? Let’s us just wait and see.