Comments on: Coghead’s PaaSing http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/2009/02/19/cogheads-paasing/ Discussions of SaaS, Cloud Computing and PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:45:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dean http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/2009/02/19/cogheads-paasing/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Dean Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:42:42 +0000 http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/?p=251#comment-1242 CRM and Web Apps are a moving target...not only the platform, but the pricing strategy, user adoption, etc...Coghead was a great way to gain access to Adobe Flex --- but just couldn't find a way to make "bank" with it. Nice job Coghead! You can ride off into the sunset with your heads held high. I was glad to see that Longjump made the move to full on CRM versus satellite Applications...you have to start with the core functionality... CRM and Web Apps are a moving target…not only the platform, but the pricing strategy, user adoption, etc…Coghead was a great way to gain access to Adobe Flex — but just couldn’t find a way to make “bank” with it. Nice job Coghead! You can ride off into the sunset with your heads held high. I was glad to see that Longjump made the move to full on CRM versus satellite Applications…you have to start with the core functionality…

]]> By: Cloud Computing Daily Views · Coghead post-mortem http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/2009/02/19/cogheads-paasing/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Cloud Computing Daily Views · Coghead post-mortem Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/?p=251#comment-1240 [...] cogheads-paasing [...] [...] cogheads-paasing [...]

]]> By: Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) by LongJump » Standardizing Cloud Computing http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/2009/02/19/cogheads-paasing/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) by LongJump » Standardizing Cloud Computing Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:24:03 +0000 http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/?p=251#comment-1238 [...] tech media’s reaction to Coghead’s folding has bubbled up the perception that suddenly we cloud computing and platform-as-a-service [...] [...] tech media’s reaction to Coghead’s folding has bubbled up the perception that suddenly we cloud computing and platform-as-a-service [...]

]]> By: Jane McCarty http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/2009/02/19/cogheads-paasing/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Jane McCarty Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:54:56 +0000 http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/?p=251#comment-1237 Can't help but agree with Alain, it's not the last start up that we see going down. Well, obviously living in the Cloud is not that safe as expected. Anyway, the data must be moved to a better place. And one way or another former Coghead customers have to choose form vendors, which developed special migration offer: http://webappsatwork.blogspot.com/2009/02/helping-coghead-customers.html Can’t help but agree with Alain, it’s not the last start up that we see going down. Well, obviously living in the Cloud is not that safe as expected. Anyway, the data must be moved to a better place. And one way or another former Coghead customers have to choose form vendors, which developed special migration offer:

http://webappsatwork.blogspot.com/2009/02/helping-coghead-customers.html

]]> By: Alain Yap http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/2009/02/19/cogheads-paasing/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Alain Yap Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:52:00 +0000 http://www.longjumpblog.com/blog/?p=251#comment-1236 Your idea about PaaS is sad but true. Despite the tech innovations, platforms will need widespread enterprise adoption, not just ISV's and medium-sized business, in order to survive early on. Good to hear that Longjump is doing quite well and best of luck for continued growth. It won't be surprising if Coghead isn't the last one to fold. Best. Alain Yap Morph Labs Your idea about PaaS is sad but true. Despite the tech innovations, platforms will need widespread enterprise adoption, not just ISV’s and medium-sized business, in order to survive early on.

Good to hear that Longjump is doing quite well and best of luck for continued growth. It won’t be surprising if Coghead isn’t the last one to fold.

Best.
Alain Yap
Morph Labs

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