Bob Warfield
Encyclopedia
Bob Warfield is the CEO, Chairman, and Founder of SmoothSpan, a company still in stealth mode that is (according to their website) "focused on inventing a post-SaaS
business model." A member of the original Quattro Pro
developer team, Warfield later became Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Borland
. Just a couple of the many notable positions he has held in the past are Vice President of Desktop Development at Oracle
(1995–1996) and Vice President of Research and Development at Rational Software
(1997–1998). Warfield has a popular blog called SmoothSpan Blog that covers topics such as SaaS as Web 2.0
.
Saas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
business model." A member of the original Quattro Pro
Quattro Pro
Quattro Pro is a spreadsheet program developed by Borland and now sold by Corel, most often as part of Corel's WordPerfect Office.Historically, Quattro Pro used keyboard commands similar to Lotus 1-2-3. It is commonly said to have been the first program to use tabbed sheets. Actually, Boeing Calc...
developer team, Warfield later became Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Borland
Borland
Borland Software Corporation is a software company first headquartered in Scotts Valley, California, Cupertino, California and finally Austin, Texas. It is now a Micro Focus subsidiary. It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.-The 1980s:...
. Just a couple of the many notable positions he has held in the past are Vice President of Desktop Development at Oracle
Oracle Database
The Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
(1995–1996) and Vice President of Research and Development at Rational Software
Rational Software
Rational Machines was founded by Paul Levy and Mike Devlin in 1981 to provide tools to expand the use of modern software engineering practices, particularly explicit modular architecture and iterative development...
(1997–1998). Warfield has a popular blog called SmoothSpan Blog that covers topics such as SaaS as Web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
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