Sep 14, 2010
Michael Voelker of Tech Decisions for Insurance interviewed Paul Giurata for the feature story on high-performance user interfaces, and strategies that leverage emerging technologies to improve the way insurers and agents communicate, collaborate, and get business done. Agents need more information, easy access to multiple accounts, and the ability to do multiple tasks. They need a job support tool. Firms are not just competing with other insurance companies, they’re competing with user expectations, which are being set by consumer SaaS, web applications and mobile apps.
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Oct 10, 2008
On-Demand/SaaS Reality, from the Sand Hill Group, is one of the industry's leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) blogs. Paul Giurata has been invited to be a frequent contributor
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Jul 17, 2008
Paul Giurata is a featured speaker at AJAXWorld RIA Conference 2008 West. In his session he will identify how SaaS is unique from other web applications and how RIAs can expose internal business systems to automate the marketing, trial, purchasing, configuration, support and social referral processes that are essential for scalable and profitable SaaS.
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Apr 23, 2008
Part II of the feature article in ebizQ written by Paul Giurata continues the discussion of how SaaS-enabled applications differ from traditional enterprise application. SaaS is not just another software delivery mechanism; it is a fundamentally different paradigm that centers around creating an optimized and "sexy" user experience for the application itself, (e.g. CRM or payroll) , and providing a constellation of "service" application user experiences that enables the customer to self-serve on tasks outside of the basic application such as purchasing, customization, provisioning, accounting and data analytics.
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Apr 16, 2008
The differentiation between true SaaS and hosted traditional software has been the subject of much debate. Krissi Danielsson of the SaaS Week blog and podcast talks with Paul Giurata about the matter, plus tips that companies can keep in mind when developing a SaaS solution (interview available as a podcast and transcript).
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Apr 16, 2008
Feature article in ebizQ written by Paul Giurata dicusses application strategy and design challenges that distinguish a successful SaaS-enabled application from a traditional enterprise application. Part 1 of this 2 part feature compares the two software models along the dimensions of feature set, design modeling, and performance.
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Apr 09, 2008
Lauren Bielski, senior editor of the American Bankers Association (ABA) Banking Journal interviewed Paul Giurata for the April 2008 cover story on Rich Internet Applications in banking. More and more banks are recognizing the need to adopt RIAs and modernize their web presence into a full-service channel. Giurata talks about how RIA features can drive business and help banks enhance self-service capabilities.
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Mar 20, 2008
Buzz Out Loud podcast from CNET.com talks about the new AJAX UI Toolkit wiki launched by Catalyst Resources
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Jan 25, 2008
ComputerWorld interviewed Paul Giurata for perspectives on Adobe AIR. "The trend we have seen is almost all people developing new software applications are moving toward the software-as-a-service model," he said. "Over 80% of [our clients] have said they don't want to have to distribute software."
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