From InternetNews.com … The Software as a Service business model is changing the way software is purchased and deployed by enterprise customers, experts told an audience of technology professionals here at the IDC Software as a Service Summit earlier this week. Subscription software has been available on the Internet for years. What’s new is the [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 27, 2009
SaaS: The Better Way to Buy
From ITworld … For growing businesses, I know of no better way to purchase software than as a hosted service, paid for on a per-user/per-month basis. While the equation may not work for the smallest companies, and some IT departments avoid it in order to build an ever-larger empire for themselves, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is the [...]
March 23, 2009
Where The Jobs Are, Spring 2009
Via Forbes.com … Thanks to last year’s strong harvest of apples and the jobs that followed in juicing, packaging and shipping, Yakima, Wash., has the strongest employment outlook in the country for the second quarter of 2009, according to a quarterly survey by employment services firm Manpower. “This is an agricultural base, a huge apple-growing [...]
March 5, 2009
Do CIOs Want SaaS Contracts To Extend To 3-5 Years?
Via InformationWeek … Blogger Vinnie Mirchandani says that while today’s duration for SaaS deals averages 1.5 years, “the secular trend is towards higher renewals…and multiyear deals. SaaS will likely become like outsourcing contracts — 3, 5, 7-year deals.” Sounds good in theory, but will CIOs go for it? Read the rest of the article >>
