Via InformationWeek …
Business technology leaders find themselves in something of a cloud computing deluge, showered by vendor marketing, new services, and even CEO questions about their “cloud strategy.” Much of the exuberance centers on the kind of computing-by-the-hour service that Amazon.com and others sell but most enterprises are only starting to ponder.
Amid the lofty aspirations, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘SaaS’
January 16, 2010
Why You Need A SaaS Strategy
November 11, 2009
Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009
Via Garner Research …
Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $7.5 billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The market will show consistent growth through 2013 when worldwide SaaS revenue will total over $14 billion for the enterprise application markets.
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July 8, 2009
ATS: A KEY BUSINESS SOLUTION IN ANY ECONOMY
Today’s job market has created a conundrum for growing companies. The landscape is rich with qualified candidates. But issue a want ad, and some statistics note that 200 applications are likely to respond.
How can any employer reasonably cope with that flood of candidates?
Those corporations, healthcare organizations and government departments using an applicant tracking system find [...]
March 29, 2009
IDC Eyes SaaS Opportunities
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 willingness of [...]
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 up-and-coming [...]
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?
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