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Notes on running a small software business: what we’re building, what it cost, and what we’d do differently.

Canzan's November 2024 Update

Canzan's November 2024 update covers our reboot. Time is easy to lose sight of; it's time to get back on track.

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Canzan's August 2022 Update

Canzan’s August update covers community. Community is everything. Our long game connects your business to complementary businesses. Through business communities with common interests, your business becomes their business. Why? Imagine you’re a flower shop owner with a keen eye for beauty. Everyone raves about your ability to turn flowers into a masterpiece. Now imagine driving to local markets for inventory, balancing your finances, building a website, and securing your product inventory.

2 min

Canzan's July 2022 Update

Canzan’s July update covers teamwork. No organization makes the big time without healthy collaboration. Our organization puts teamwork first, giving you the best experiences at the lowest cost. Trust Trusting your teammates to do the right thing leads to solid relationships. Canzan curates the top open-source tools your team can trust. When your workflows go sideways, we clear the path to resolution and support you along the way. We embrace the paradox of zero-trust solutions that earn your trust by keeping your working environments safe.

2 min

Canzan's June 2022 Update

Canzan's June update covers organizational structures and how Canzan will buck the status quo.

2 min

Canzan's May 2022 Update

Do you know containers? I don’t mean Amazon shipping containers or those happy things in your kitchen. I mean software containers. In the software world, we use containers to isolate a software solution. Most of our products offer a containerized solution. Canzan’s core rests on OpenShift, an open-source container orchestration platform. Why Containers? Serverless architectures are all the rage. Amazon keeps lowering prices, along with Azure, Google, and friends. You can create a dirt-cheap solution using serverless, and we recommend it for many problems.

1 min

Canzan's April 2022 Update

Canzan's April 2022 update covers open-source infrastructure decisions and product principles.

2 min

Canzan's November Update

Canzan's November update covers beginnings and endings. Learn how Canzan evolved and will serve your business.

3 min

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