{"id":1155,"date":"2008-08-19T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm"},"modified":"2008-08-19T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T08:00:52","slug":"software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm","title":{"rendered":"Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot of media buzz right now about <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cloud_Computing\">cloud computing<\/a> &#8211; which encompasses both &#8220;web 2.0&#8221; and Software as a Service (SaaS).  Whilst it&#8217;s undeniable that web services are becoming increasingly more important, I&#8217;ll stand by my comments from a couple of years ago that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2006\/07\/web-20-is-being-mis-sold.htm\">the &#8220;webtop&#8221; will not be in mainstream use any time soon and those who are writing about the the death of Microsoft Windows and Office are more than a little premature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, I was interested to hear Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/sanger\/\">Kevin Sangwell<\/a> explain the differences between SaaS and the Microsoft idea of software <em>plus<\/em> services (S+S) during the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/mcstalks\/\">MCS Talks<\/a> session on infrastructure architecture.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard Microsoft executives talk about software plus services but Kevin&#8217;s explanation cut&#8217;s through the marketing to look at what S+S really means in the context of traditional (on premise) computing and SaaS:<\/p>\n<p>Kevin made the point that there is actually a continuum between on premise and SaaS solutions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/library\/bb906061.aspx\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Software delivery continuum and software services taxonomy\" class=\"inline\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We all understand the traditional software element &#8211; where software is installed an operated in-house (or possibly using a managed service provider).<\/li>\n<li>Building block services are about using web services to provide an API to build applications &#8220;in the cloud&#8221; &#8211; so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/browse.html?node=16427261\">Amazon&#8217;s simple storage service (S3)<\/a> is an example. This gives developers something to hook into and onto which to deliver a solution &#8211; for example, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungledisk.com\/\">Jungle Disk<\/a> uses the Amazon S3 platform to provide online storage and backup services.<\/li>\n<li>Attached services provide self-contained functionality &#8211; for example anti-spam filtering of e-mail as it enters (or exits) an organisation.<\/li>\n<li>Finished services are those that operate entirely as a web service &#8211; with salesforce.com being one, often quoted, example &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/a\/\">Google Apps<\/a> would be another (not that Microsoft are ever likely to promote that one&#8230;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>S+S is about creating a real-world hybrid &#8211; not just traditional or cloud computing but a combination of software and services &#8211; for example an organisation may use a hosted Exchange Server <em>service<\/em> but they probably still use Microsoft Outlook (or equivalent <em>software<\/em>) on a PC.<\/p>\n<p>So, would moving IT services off to the cloud make all the associated IT challenges disappear?  Almost certainly not!  All this would lead to is a disjointed service and lots of unhappy business users.  SaaS and S+S do not usually remove IT challenges altogether but they replace them with new ones &#8211; typically around service delivery (e.g. managing service level agreements, integrating various operational teams, etc.) and service support (e.g. presenting a coherent service desk with appropriate escalation between multiple service providers and the ability to assess whether a problem relates to internal IT or the hosted service) but also in relation to security (e.g. identity lifecycle management and information rights management).<\/p>\n<p>Kevin has written an article for <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/arcjournal\/\">The [MSDN] Architecture Journal<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/library\/bb906061.aspx\">the implications of software plus services consumption for enterprise IT<\/a> and, for those who are interested in learning more about S+S, it&#8217;s worth a read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot of media buzz right now about cloud computing &#8211; which encompasses both &#8220;web 2.0&#8221; and Software as a Service (SaaS). Whilst it&#8217;s undeniable that web services are becoming increasingly more important, I&#8217;ll stand by my comments from a couple of years ago that the &#8220;webtop&#8221; will not be in mainstream use any &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1,134],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-microsoft","tag-web-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Software as a Service - or Software plus Services? - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Software as a Service - or Software plus Services? - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#8217;s a lot of media buzz right now about cloud computing &#8211; which encompasses both &#8220;web 2.0&#8221; and Software as a Service (SaaS). Whilst it&#8217;s undeniable that web services are becoming increasingly more important, I&#8217;ll stand by my comments from a couple of years ago that the &#8220;webtop&#8221; will not be in mainstream use any &hellip; Continue reading Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-08-19T08:00:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2008-08-19T08:00:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@markwilsonit\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Wilson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"headline\":\"Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-19T08:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-08-19T08:00:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\"},\"wordCount\":514,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/images\\\/software-plus-services.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Microsoft\",\"Web Services\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\",\"name\":\"Software as a Service - or Software plus Services? - markwilson.it\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/images\\\/software-plus-services.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-08-19T08:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-08-19T08:00:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/images\\\/software-plus-services.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/images\\\/software-plus-services.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/08\\\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"markwilson.it\",\"description\":\"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \\\/dev\\\/web\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468\",\"name\":\"Mark Wilson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":800,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Mark Wilson\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/uploads\\\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/markwilsonuk\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/markawilson\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/markwilsonit\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.markwilson.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/mark-wilson\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Software as a Service - or Software plus Services? - markwilson.it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Software as a Service - or Software plus Services? - markwilson.it","og_description":"There&#8217;s a lot of media buzz right now about cloud computing &#8211; which encompasses both &#8220;web 2.0&#8221; and Software as a Service (SaaS). Whilst it&#8217;s undeniable that web services are becoming increasingly more important, I&#8217;ll stand by my comments from a couple of years ago that the &#8220;webtop&#8221; will not be in mainstream use any &hellip; Continue reading Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm","og_site_name":"markwilson.it","article_published_time":"2008-08-19T08:00:18+00:00","article_modified_time":"2008-08-19T08:00:52+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Mark Wilson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@markwilsonit","twitter_site":"@markwilsonit","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Wilson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm"},"author":{"name":"Mark Wilson","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"headline":"Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?","datePublished":"2008-08-19T08:00:18+00:00","dateModified":"2008-08-19T08:00:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm"},"wordCount":514,"commentCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg","keywords":["Microsoft","Web Services"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm","name":"Software as a Service - or Software plus Services? - markwilson.it","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg","datePublished":"2008-08-19T08:00:18+00:00","dateModified":"2008-08-19T08:00:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/software-plus-services.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/08\/software-as-a-service-or-software-plus-services.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Software as a Service &#8211; or Software plus Services?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"markwilson.it","description":"get-info -class technology | write-output &gt; \/dev\/web","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/98f61365e7c39d6be942174b8c4de468","name":"Mark Wilson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","width":800,"height":800,"caption":"Mark Wilson"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/uploads\/image-4.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1"},"description":"A Chartered IT Professional, with recent experience in technology leadership, IT strategy and practice management roles, Mark Wilson is an Enterprise Architect in the Advisory and Management Group at risual. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mark has gained widespread recognition as an expert in his field including both industry and national press exposure. In addition to certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat, The Open Group and Axelos, Mark held a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for three years and is now part of the MVP Reconnect programme. Mark is also well-known on social media and maintains an award-winning blog.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markwilsonuk\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markawilson\/","https:\/\/x.com\/markwilsonit","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWHlZCoHRTocdvtrOJ2IL4A"],"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/author\/mark-wilson"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1196,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/09\/in-case-you-hadnt-already-seen-where-microsoft-is-heading.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":0},"title":"In case you hadn&#8217;t already seen where Microsoft is heading&#8230;","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Friday 12 September 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"For 33 years, Microsoft's vision has been \"A computer on every desk and in every home\" [\"running Microsoft software\"]. But that was the vision with Bill Gates in charge and he is now quoted as saying: \"We've really achieved the ideal of what I wanted Microsoft to become\" [Bill Gates,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/microsoft"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4528,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/11\/what-as-a-service.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":1},"title":"What-as-a-service?","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 6 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written previously about the \"cloud stack\" of -as-a-service models but\u00a0I recently saw Microsoft's Steve Plank\u00a0(@plankytronixx) give a great description of the differences between on-premise, \u00a0infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS). Of course, this is a Microsoft view of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-computing-landscape.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-computing-landscape.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-computing-landscape.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6484,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/not-software-consumed-remotely-cloud-service.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":2},"title":"Not all software consumed remotely is a cloud service","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 16 August 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Helping a customer to move away from physical datacentres and into the cloud has been an exciting project to work on but my scope was purely the Microsoft workstream: migrating to Office 365 and a virtual datacentre in Azure. There's much more to be done to move towards the consumption\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/topic\/technology"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cloud computing delivery models","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-models.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-models.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-models.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-models.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-models.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/cloud-models.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2139,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/10\/office-365.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":3},"title":"Office 365","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Wednesday 20 October 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, Microsoft announced Office 365\u00c2\u00a0- a rebranded and consolidated version of its existing Office Live Small Business, BPOS and Live@edu online services.\u00c2\u00a0 It seems ironic that this should come in the same week that the company announced the loss of Chief Software Architect, Ray Ozzie, the man whose Internet Services\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft Office\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft Office","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/office"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1263,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/10\/cloud-computing-takes-centre-stage-with-windows-azure.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":4},"title":"Cloud computing takes centre stage with Windows Azure","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Monday 27 October 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I wasn't planning any major PDC coverage on the blog this week (there will be plenty of that elsewhere) but I did catch the PDC keynote today. It was the first time I've seen Ray Ozzie\u00c2\u00a0present and I was impressed - none of the Ballmer madness, or the Gates geekiness.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft Azure\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft Azure","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/azure"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1061,"url":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/05\/microsoft-20.htm","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":5},"title":"Microsoft 2.0","author":"Mark Wilson","date":"Tuesday 6 May 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As someone who works closely with Microsoft, I'm very interested to see what happens to the company as Bill Gates steps aside. Changes are already afoot - anyone who has attended a recent marketing event (like the 2008 launch wave) will have heard about the idea of software plus services\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Microsoft\"","block_context":{"text":"Microsoft","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/microsoft"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}