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The Surge of "Software as a Service" and OnDemand technologies

NetWits

A number of companies have successfully deployed the SaaS model to hundreds of thousands of users, most notably SaaS blogger Phil Wainewright's four horsemen of SaaS , and in the nonprofit world eTapestry blazed the trail. However, despite all the benefits, there remains some hesitation to adopt the SaaS and OnDemand models.

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Cloud Is Not a Technology Decision

Tech Soup

In this guest blog post, Richard argues that cloud computing is primarily a business decision, not a technology decision. Most have either focused on technology questions such as, "Is the cloud better technology than traditional models?" It's not a technology argument for them, it’s a business decision.

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The Nonprofit Common Data Model as an Equity Tool

NTEN

Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor. The post The Nonprofit Common Data Model as an Equity Tool appeared first on NTEN. Yes, there will be country-specific needs, but the transmission lines still exist.

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Best Fundraising Software for Nonprofits: Top 25

Neon CRM

Below, we compare 25 of the best fundraising software solutions for nonprofits, ranked by billing models, asset caps, automation and personalization features, and peer-to-peer and payment card industry (PCI) compliance support. That’s why we offer a flexible revenue-based billing model to help our clients manage and predict their costs.

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

Clearly, we're long past the days when people asked if Linux was safe to depend on for business. This can mean purchasing of open source development companies (Sun MIcrosystems -- now owned by Oracle -- purchased open source database developer MySQL AB in 2008). and licensing models.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

One of my favorite quotes in the Connect documentation is this one: “As long as you can invoke the API over HTTP, your application can be Microsoft, HP, IBM, Novell, Oracle, even Sun-based. The API is SOAP. It appears, from perusing the documentation, that someone in Kintera saw the light, and included PHP code.

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