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Time to blow up the software industry: Time to blow up the software industrySoftware is designed for Libraries and Charter or Municiple School systems.Big competition in the Linux vs Windowes Enterprise software her; Unix and Novell for Agencies and Police Departments. The Court House use Proliant-Linux I heard.BBD - old wine in new bottleBBD is just old...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, E-mail providers, ROI/TCO, cloud computing, SaaS Model, SaaS IS, enterprise software, software, Google Gmail, BBd; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
Many degrees of multi-tenancy: Many degrees of multi-tenancyGood points, what many people miss is ...The cost of the more expensive hardware required to run fewer "clusters" far offsets the added licensing costs, management software costs, and people costs of running many varied smaller configurations. Think TCO, not hardware cost.RE: Many degrees of multi-tenancyI...; Tags: Scripting languages, cloud computing, SaaS Model, DB Level, Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-16
Welcome to the party, SAP: Welcome to the party, SAPSAP brings competition for the first time to SaaSI've read the latest releases, and I'll stick to my original instinct about A1S: It brings competition to the SaaS market for the first time.For so long, SaaS has been all about SaaS vs Conventional software. ...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), software-as-a-service, SaaS Model, SAP AG; Discussion threads 2007-09-19
Google and Capgemini just doesn't add up: Google and Capgemini just doesn't add upenterprises don’t understand this web-based SaaS model.Oh really?RE: Google and Capgemini just doesn't add upI like your thesis, but not sure I buy into the conclusion. I expect better than this from google....No, reallyIndividuals within enterprises understand web-based SaaS, of course. But enterprises...; Tags: Channel management, Capgemini, SaaS Model, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-09-12
Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategy: Oracle president Charles Phillips passed through London recently and spoke to a handful of journalists about the company's prospects and direction, including its SaaS strategy. I noticed Angela Eager's write-up for CBR a couple of days before going off on a week's vacation, and although it had me mildly fuming...; Tags: Software, Strategy, Software-as-a-service, Database, Oracle Corp., On-demand, Customer, Multi-tenancy, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-09-06

Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategy: Oracle's misconceived SaaS strategyWowHere is what I take from Charles Phillips' comments:It is 1997, not 2007, and Oracle is just a database company, not an applications company. Which makes me wonder just what the hell Oracle was doing acquiring PeopleSoft and Siebel.Oracle is in a very good position to...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Storage, Customer relationship management (CRM), Databases, Charles, Oracle Corp., SaaS Model, SaaS Customer, software-as-a-service, UpShot, database; Discussion threads 2007-08-28
SaaS is quick way to medical automation: SaaS is quick way to medical automationOh Yeah baby..“They’re trying to sell a health care application, and the customer is asking questions about Ethernet cable degradation. This makes it exceedingly difficult unless we’re with them. We can answer that. We actually have an Ethernet cable replacement policy.”Man, We walked in...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Network technology, Clean Up, health care, SaaS Model, automation, medical automation, cable, Healthcare Delivery, software-as-a-service; Discussion threads 2007-08-18
SaaS and the packaged software appliance: Delivering software as an appliance brings many of the same benefits as delivering software as a service, as I've described in my previous posting about Socialtext's experience, Can the appliance put SaaS on-premise? For similar reasons to Socialtext, Zimbra, which provides a messaging platform that competes with Exchange, also likes...; Tags: Architecture; Blog posts 2007-06-15
Microsoft to help other software vendors go the SaaS route: While Microsoft is attempting to distance itself from other software-as-a-service SaaS players, the Redmond software company is trying to help other software makers move to the SaaS distribution model. On April 16, Microsoft unveiled the Microsoft SaaS Incubation Center program -- an initiative designed to match up independent software...; Tags: Web 2.0, SQL Server, Google, Exchange Server, Database, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-04-16
SaaS: IBM helps drive $10 billion Software as a Service opportunity: Will 30% of new business software be delivered via a SaaS model by 2010? IBM is doing everything it can to help make the industry prediction a reality, an IBM PartnerWorld reality in particular.Dave Mitchell, IBM, Program Director, Software as a Service, has a message for Independent Software Vendors ISVs...; Tags: Enterprise, IBM, Software; Blog posts 2007-03-13
Seeking the true meaning of SaaS: As has happened with so many terms in the IT industry, the definition of software-as-a-service, or SaaS, has been stretched this way and that as vendors compete to make marketing capital out their use of it. As the model evolves, some vendors on the leading edge are trying to redefine...; Tags: Saas, basics, Web 3.0, Web 2.0; Blog posts 2006-12-04
Switching from outbound to inbound: Switching from outbound to inboundEnterprise Solution Frustrations"The reason Siebel needs an expensive sales force is to persuade a smart prospect like you to do something stupid." I know a number of people who have been dissatisfied with their enterprise services; namely because they are too expensive, difficult to learn and...; Tags: Sales strategy, Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Strategy, SaaS Model, sales; Discussion threads 2006-11-10
Microsoft's ERP "Live", Duffield's Workday, and the Future of Software as a Service: At announcements two continents apart but spiritually joined at the hip, Microsoft unveiled its plans for SaaS versions of its Dynamics ERP suite on the same day that PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield threw his hat in the ring with the announcement of his new Workday SaaS company. Both events, not...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2006-11-07
Any ready examples of a SaaS vendor using an OSI-approved license?: A graduate student in Europe doing a thesis on software licensing, bless his heart, writes to inquire about examples from one of my recent blogs on a tango between SaaS and open source.He asks: "I think the area of SaaS and open source OS is very interesting at the moment....; Tags: Open Source, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Application Lifecycle Management, Web Services, Software Development, Linux, SaaS, SOA, Intellectual Property, Patents; Blog posts 2006-11-07
Liveblogging SaaScon: CIO skepticism: I was surprised yesterday in conversation with Bob Jurowski, CEO of on-demand accounting provider Intacct, to learn that his company is finding there are some CIOs who are now standardizing on the on-demand or SaaS model for delivery of their IT. "If you look at the world as a portfolio...; Tags: Saas, on-demand; Blog posts 2006-09-26
More SaaS ISVs to let enterprises have it their way on deployment models: I recently took an analyst briefing from Agile development and developer management vendor Rally Software, and while I'm very impressed with their new offerings and core value around bringing scale, feedback, and coordination to Agile development practices, I was really jazzed by the innovation they have brought to creating a...; Tags: Saas; Blog posts 2006-07-24
Forget about implementation, focus on results: Forget about implementation, focus on resultsIt won't workYou have to look at the root cause of why technology and implementation so frequently overshadow results with locally deployed commercial applications, and even in-house developed applications.The problem is businesses always want so sort of customization or change, and the change is always...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Manufacturing, SaaS Model, SaaS provider, software-as-a-service; Discussion threads 2006-06-20
It's official: SaaS is the Next Big Thing: The cover story on the latest issue of InfoWorld has it writ large: Software as a service: The next big thing.Two quotes I especially like in this story. First there's Patrick Grady, CEO of Rearden Commerce, telling it like it is: "On-demand is not a hobby....; Tags: Saas; Blog posts 2006-03-21
The crossroads of SaaS: Nick Carr takes up where I left off with Salesforce.com's vision of moving beyond CRM and into the packages software territory dominated by Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and other packaged applications. He makes a good point about the SaaS purists and the old guard heading for a potential showdown: How...; Tags: Saas; Blog posts 2006-03-06
Are Salesforce's outages sullying the reputation of the SaaS model?: Are Salesforce's outages sullying the reputation of the SaaS model?This all sounds so familiar...It's nice to see that Mr. Berlind is finally coming around. SaaS is a mess waiting to happen. The problems with Salesforce.com just highlight the accountability problems with SaaS. If this was my business, heads would have...; Tags: Sales force management, Workstations, SaaS Model, Salesforce.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-02-01