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SaaS adoption swells in Europe

SaaS adoption swells in EuropeHow much is free?How does the French saas market break down between free as in open source in the cloud and paid? As I understand, there's a good amount of 'free' there. I'd posit that cost is more the reason than anything to do with ASP....

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, SaaS Adoption, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-04-16

Forrester: SaaS adoption up, but hurdles remain

Forrester: SaaS adoption up, but hurdles remainSFA Rocks as SaasSFA Rocks as Saas :-)Cheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.com

Tags: Sales force automation (SFA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, Customer relationship management (CRM), cloud computing, Enterprise software, SaaS Adoption, software-as-a-service, Forrester Research Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

IT systems analytics become more crucial as cloud and SaaS adoption raises complexity bar

IT systems analytics become more crucial as cloud and SaaS adoption raises complexity barSaaS and performance metrics - what's really neededThis was a fruitful discussion and a ton of material was covered. I immediately have thoughts on two of the concepts that were discussed.First, the reason that millions of companies...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Strategy, cloud computing, Pricing, SaaS Adoption, information technology, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

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

Survey: Cloud confusion among IT could slow enterprise adoption

Security - Connectivity?Can the connectivity be guaranteed, if a glitchoccurs and thousands of customers are lefthanging saving $500 is hardly worth it.Plus, the security holes when dealing with data... Instead of worrying about....whether your are using the cloud or any other "buzz word" technology IT pros need only worry that...

Tags: Marketing research, information technology, good-IT pro, Well HERE, IT Pro, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

News to know: Bing-Twitter; Net Neutrality; eBay; VMWare; Nook; Win7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing Sam Diaz: Tweets on Bing: Watch out for more noise,...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Twitter Inc., Net Neutrality, VMware Inc., eBay Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Software As A Service (SaaS), Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Global study: Hybrid model rules as cloud heats up, SaaS adoption blazing

Nine months ago, 61 percent of respondents indicated that they were using only internal IT systems and today, that number has dropped to 41 percent. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Dana Gardner, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-21

News to know: Windows 7; IBM; Sony; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Measuring Windows 7 performance Dancho Danchev: Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IBM Corp., Eaton, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Business class SaaS

The Software as a Service market is expected to double by 2012. Martin Capurro, senior director of product management at Qwest Communications, examines how security, performance, compliance and portability are affecting overall adoption.

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Martin Capurro, Business SaaS, security, performance, compliance, portability

Sponsored whiteboards 2009-10-01

Spigit Curbs Sharepoint Waste

How many Sharepoint sites did your company start in the past year? Now, how many are actively being used? If you're organization is like many, Sharepoint adoption isn't the same as Sharepoint usage. In a new study by Infotrends Inc. a market consultancy, researchers found that...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Spigit, SAAS Software, Spigit Software, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-17

How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business

What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...

Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-06

Mid-range European ERP portending the future?

On my personal blog, I skimmed over recently published results for Agresso and COA Solutions. Agresso is emerging in the US as a small if solid player in public sector as well as for those businesses that need a more agile approach to business configuration than you'd likely get from...

Tags: Revenue, Public Sector, Vendor, SAP AG, Agresso, COA Solutions, COA, Maintenance Revenue, Saas/on-demand, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-02

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

When Collaboration is Literally Life or Death...

For those who think collaboration technology simply breaks down rigid command and control management hierarchies, consider the origins of the term: the military. The US military have had a significant online presence with various online forums for rank and file, commanders and other...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Network, Leader, Forum, CC, Case History, Software As A Service (SaaS), Collaboration, Groupware, Managed Hosting, Social Networking, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Google's campaign for Apps doesn't address the IT data elephant in the room

Updated: Google has launched a "Go Google" marketing push for Google Apps touting cost savings and recruiting users to spread the word. The campaign---modeled after Mozilla's Firefox marketing efforts---makes sense for browsers, but for skeptical IT buyers, Google drops the ball. Why? Google's campaign...

Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Security, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-03

New Socialtext Microblogging Appliance Signals Increased Flexibility

Socialtext are making available an 'unbundled' appliance version of their microblogging product 'Signals' at an attractive $US1 per user per month, plus $1,000 per month server subscription. With the rapid increase in business use of Twitter, the hugely successful but internet based free microblogging platform, there...

Tags: Socialtext, Socialtext Microblogging Appliance, Socialtext Signals, Social Networking, Wiki, Strategy, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-14

News to know: Chrome OS; Azure; Cable speed; Google Apps; Internet radio

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS Matthew Miller: Google Chrome OS announced, It should...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Internet Radio, Radio, Microsoft Corp., Cable, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-08

NetSuite + AdaptivePlanning = BPM disruption

This slipped under the radar but on June 10th NetSuite and AdaptivePlanning announced a marketing and integration partnership that will see NetSuite acting as a reseller for AdaptivePlanning's business performance management BPM solution. Why should this matter? So far, the saas/on-demand transaction app...

Tags: BPM, Business Performance Management, NetSuite Inc., Adaptive, Business Intelligence, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-01