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Operations and Legal

Accounting, admin, manufacturing, E-Commerce, and business infrastructure, as well as general legal questions. [Moderators: Chip Cooper]

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Do Non-Practicing Entities Impede Progress?

by Bob Zeidman on May 2, 2012 7:08 PM

On April 12 an op-ed was published in the Wall Street Journal  entitled Patent Trolls vs. Progress by Andy Kessler, a former hedge-fund manager. I would like to correct some inaccuracies. Mr. Kessler attributes Microsoft's recent purchase... More »

How the Cloud Changes the IT Skill Set

by Software Advice on April 19, 2012 10:05 AM

If there's one thing that's abundantly clear in the tech industry, it's that the Cloud is here to stay. The Cloud has matured enough that it's even infultrating business applications--such as ERP MRP software --once... More »

How to cannibalize your own products without getting eaten alive

by BenBradley on April 15, 2012 9:58 PM

The scenario is fairly typical. You launch your SaaS application for $14.99 per month. A few months later, a competitor launches a competing service for $10 per month. How do you respond with a competitive... More »

FTC Report Details Best Practices Regarding Website Legal Documents For Privacy

by Chip Cooper on April 12, 2012 9:32 AM

Related link - Website Legal Documents View my video here . Chip More »

Does activity-based billing create un-needed complexity?

by BenBradley on April 11, 2012 8:32 AM

Complexity is bad. Unless it is good. For ISVs, the days when a license was purchased up-front and the software was delivered and installed on-premise are gone. The proliferation of SaaS business models and the... More »

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ADFSL 2011 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

by Bob Zeidman on February 2, 2011 4:10 PM

The ADFSL 2011 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law is a small conference that's focused on practical results as well as academic research. I attended last year, and presented a paper, and found it... More »

Just How Far Does The CDA Go In Protecting Blog Site Operators From Defamatory Posts?

by Chip Cooper on October 25, 2011 4:35 AM

Related link: Website Legal Documents Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) shields operators of “interactive computer services” from liability for defamatory posts by visitors. The big question is how far does this protection... More »

Control in the Cloud: 14 Pricing, Licensing, and Operational Tips from 4 SaaS Veterans

by Bruce Hadley, Founder on October 24, 2011 4:14 PM

Software as a service (SaaS) is pretty cool: It's convenient for business as well as consumer end-users, and it's a major headache relief for software vendors who wrestle with updates, upgrades, and fixes. Plus, subscription... More »

World Intellectual Property Report 2011

by Bob Zeidman on December 3, 2011 2:10 PM

According to the World Intellectual Property Report 2011, published by the United Nations, royalties and license fees for intellectual property outpaced economic growth in recent years. More »

CodeSuite 4.4 and CodeSuite-LT 1.2 Released

by Bob Zeidman on February 14, 2012 6:27 AM

S.A.F.E. recently released version 4.4 of CodeSuite and version 1.1 of CodeSuite-LT. The most important new feature of this version is that these programs now recognizes many different text encoding formats including ASCII, UTF-8, UTF-16,... More »

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