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Inspiration for your requirements specification
This is a continuation of an earlier blog post ”How to be best prepared before a business software purchase"(in Danish) and lists many of the questions you should ask yourself to find out the minimum requirements that you'll need for a new system.
Newsletter from TimeLog
Every 5th TimeLog user registers time via TimeLog's iPhone app
A year ago, we launched our iPhone app for time registration, as an extension of our TimeLog Tracker. We’re happy to see that our users have incorporated it into their daily routine, and we’ll start working on an Android app, so that more users can register time on the go.
TimeLog in PC World
Technology news sources Computerworld and PC World have recently focused on IT usage in small businesses in the Small Office/Home Office (SoHo) segment, and the opportunities and challenges these businesses face when introducing SaaS products. TimeLog was asked to comment, based on their experiences in this area.
TimeLog Project for iPad
Apple’s iPad has a built-in web browser, where TimeLog Project runs quite smoothly. We’ve made some small adjustments for viewing TimeLog Project on an iPad, but fundamentally, the web app has worked without issue.
Climate Friendly IT
TimeLog has in recent years initiated various actions to reduce our CO2 consumption.
Like many other companies TimeLog uses a set of values as a management tool and to communicate our profile. In 2008 we added the value "Environmentally friendly" to this set of values.
Invoicing in the public sector
Just like the rest of the world TimeLog has been affected by the financial crisis triggered by the Lehmann Brothers’ crash in autumn 2008.In the autumn we saw a noticeable cooling of the demand for solutions aimed at the consulting industry, this was especially the case for solution for 20 users or more. However, in the midst of this development we have noticed a positive trend within supplying solutions to public or publicly funded organisations.Gartner: Worldwide SaaS Revenue will Grow 22 Percent in 2009
In a newly published report Gartner predicts that the market for business software sold as Software as a Service will grow steadily during the next couple of years. Appart from a general growth in the SaaS market, the current financial climate has made companies more sensitive to costs and this makes SaaS appear as an attractive alternative to the more "cumbersome" traditional types of business software.
Future Trends: TimeLog Project on your retina?
The opportunities presented to us in futuristic sci-fi movies are now closer than ever to being part of today’s reality. Globalization, more sophisticated technological development and increasing consumer individualization have over the last few years accelerated with lightning speed. We are part of a revolutionizing era which, based on the number of inventions per capita, is comparable to the agricultural revolution more than 10,000 years ago.
A question however remains. How will the inventions of the 21st century take shape? This question inspired us to look more closely at the hot and future trends within this development of technology and what impact this may have on the future development of TimeLog’s products and the user experience. (excerpts of the article)
