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SaaS invades enterprise software markets

New research from Gartner sees SaaS taking a growing slice of the enterprise software market, rising from $4.2 billion last year to $11.5 billion in 2011. That's an average annual growth rate of around 22.3%.But of course this is just an analyst projection. Who knows what will really happen? One...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Enterprise Software, Gartner Inc., Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Huge jump in SaaS adoption plans

Huge jump in SaaS adoption plansOld model is going away...Very telling statistics -- I guess companies are tired of overly expensive enterprise solutions that are too complex, difficult to maintain and a pain to implement. We are trying to help alleviate these problems.www.convos.com

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), SaaS Adoption, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

Why business is driving SaaS adoption

Why business is driving SaaS adoptionDirty rhetoricPhil I really must protest that you are playing very dirty here. Some people raise some very real question marks over some of the claims made by SaaS vendors and these get dismissed as being the product of fear, ignorance or blind conservatism.It seems...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), SaaS Adoption, software-as-a-service, unstoppable tide, SaaS company

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Additional Resources

News to know: Dell; Comcast's cap; Yahoo Mash RIP; Google Apps

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins Google, Mozilla extend search box deal Jason Hiner: Sprint unveils location-based 'geobrowsing' on...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Hydrogen Road Tour, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2008-08-29

US online households pay 11 bills a month online

63.1 mln US households are paying their bills online rather than writing paper checks, according to Fiserv. 13% of respondents cited online security as the top reason for not using the online bill payment service, down from 17% in the 2007 survey. Overall, online security ranked third among barriers to...

Tags: Online Bill Payment, Survey, Online Bill Payment Adoption, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?

The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...

Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-28

The depressing future of the Internet

A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...

Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-28

What SaaS can teach us about customer service

What SaaS can teach us about customer serviceGood Advice!As someone actively engaged in the software as a service industry, I can confirm that Archie Black's advice is spot on. I work for PayCycle, an online payroll company that embodies the SaaS model. Our customers don't make distinctions between...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Product marketing, customer service, software-as-a-service, customer satisfaction

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?

The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?Hype is not necessaryCustomers are not turning to SaaS for the financial merits of cheaper software licensing. The cost of the software is about the same as traditional software, it is the cost of maintaining the software and the hardware that...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Tools & Techniques, IT Services, Service-now.com, SaaS Model, software-as-a-service, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?

Windows 7 pricing thoughts - Is Windows too expensive?It is an apt comparison>Your Ubunutu/Vista comparison doesn't pass the common sense test. Think about what you can get with Ubuntu-- Compiz Fusion for eye candy, drive encryption, MythTV DVR app, OpenOffice.org, ect. You have to get Ultimate Windows to get all...

Tags: Construction, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), pricing strategy, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins

Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...

Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Public policy and open source

Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...

Tags: Vertical industries, open source, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

The End of SaaS? Or Just the End of Hype?

Lawson CEO Harry Debes started -- or rather continued -- a brouhaha that's getting some pixels in the blogosphere, and his position is worth commenting on for both its courage foolhardy and its excess hyperbolically so. According to Harry, the SaaS market will collapse in two years time, due to...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Customer Choice, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-08-28

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two yearsHe doesn't get itSo to summarize Debes (who comes off a little like Vinny from da mob or a coke dealer - his words, not mine):(1) SaaS and Cloud computing as a delivery vehicle has been tried before and therefore will fail (like all...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, SaaS IS, SaaS Model, Lawson Software Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?

What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?The biggest thing in IE8 for the enterprise: continued compatibilityproblems and continued foot dragging on the standards front. Also very slow JavaScript. Much slower than the already released version of FireFox, Opera, and Safari. Pretty sad . . . .RE: What's in IE 8...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, enterprise user, standards, Mozilla Firefox, IE8, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software as a service, SaaS, software, Lawson, Asia, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia

News items 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?

SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?The SOA Problem has moved elsewhereMy comments here.http://www.gandalf-lab.com/blog/2008/08/soa-adoption-down-from-2006-are-you.htmlI think the problem SOA tried to solve has moved elsewhere. With WOA ,SaaS and crowd sourcing the notion of a central body managing all enterprise services has diluted and hence you see a lot of...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA Problem, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

SOA adoption down from 2006: if so, why?

Are business leaders out to lunch on SOA? by Joe McKendrick

Tags: SOA, Loraine, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover

Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeoverStandardsWhat I want to know, does the "standards" mode remove previous IE hacks? For example, using the underscore in CSS statements would be ignored by every browser except IE. If IE8 now supports standards but STILL reads the underscore hack, this could be a...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8, IE8, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Adrian

Discussion threads 2008-08-27