The Banking Disruption: can BankSimple capitalize on Mint’s success? | @Strategyist. ★ The Banking Disruption: can BankSimple capitalize on Mint’s success? Two weeks ago ReadWriteWeb reported on BankSimple‘s coming launch and nailed what’s exciting about the company’s approach to online financial services: a platform approach (API, App ecosystem)a focus on user experiences, and especially mobile user interfaces. Couple these innovations with some hints at a proven business model, and it made me want to take a closer look at this market.
A proven Business Model – but can BankSimple be Mint 2.0? What I find exciting is that BankSimple’s business model seems to resemble that of Mint, a very successful YCombinator-backed startup whose service was free for end-users and revenues came from placing ads for financial products and offering value added services. Mint was acquired by Intuit, a historical player in the Personal Finance space who made the desktop app Quicken, for $170M. Thankfully, BankSimple’s vision goes way beyond Personal Finance software. Notes: Will SaaS Provide the Final VDI Knockout? « IT's Evolutionary Transition. Over the past couple of years, a battle has been brewing. The battle is not about technology or devices. It is about data and usability. The contenders are Software as a Service (SaaS) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
There are proponents for both camps. Challenges for VDI While VDI has been around for many years, it has struggled to make significant inroads into today’s IT environment. The Impact of BYOD Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) presents somewhat of a curveball for VDI. Leapfrog to SaaS Over the past few years, SaaS applications have matured significantly. Healthcare: A Case for SaaS vs. Specialized use cases demand further scrutiny over the requirements and potential solutions.
Bottom Line: As SaaS becomes commonplace for applications, the existing demand for VDI will further diminish. Like this: Like Loading... The Cult of SMB - News - VDI or Desktop Virtualization: What’s Right for You? Spanning. Www.boozallen.com/media/file/People-Process-Technology-Enterprise2.pdf. Secure Cloud Identity Management | Ping Identity. Best Platform as a Service for Hackers.
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