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- Figuring the value of software
- Phil Wainewright's discussion about the cost of running highly scalable SaaS applications like SuccessFactors comes at the right time. He says: Speaking in the opening keynote of SIIA OnDemand in San Jose this morning, SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard let slip a statistic that set several...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, SuccessFactors Inc., SAP AG, Phil Wainewright, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Cloud cuts everyone's cost of ownership
- Conventional software perpetuates a scandalous waste and duplication of resources. SaaS and cloud platforms drastically compress the aggregate cost of ownership and operation, delivering better value for less cost. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Ownership, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- With Chargify, Web 2.0 and SaaS businesses can bill with ease
- If you're a small Web 2.0 business, you shouldn't have to build an application from scratch to properly bill your customers. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Channel Management, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- TechRepublic Resource Guide: Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs)
- Small and midsize businesses SMBs face the same challenges as larger companies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficult economy. Many are now turning to software as a service SaaS which allows them to save money and provide better service by essentially renting as...
- Tags: Software, TechRepublic Inc., Software-as-a-service, Small And Medium Business, Smb/Sme, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies
- Resource centers 2009-10-27
- Jigsaw Pieces Can Be More Agile Than Platforms
- Box.net, the little company that likes to tweak Goliath Microsoft's nose with digs at Sharepoint - the billboard above is near Microsoft's silicon valley digs -Â announced an alignment with Salesforce.com CRM earlier today. Nothing earth shattering here at first glance: it makes perfect sense for...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Microsoft SharePoint, Compliance, Box, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- 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
- SaaS: Shelfware as a service?
- Software as a service is portrayed to be the future of information technology, but it isn't quite the cure-all it's cracked up to be. Shelfware and lock-in may not save you a lot of money. That's the message from Gartner analyst Rob DeSisto. Here's...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Shelfware, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- What EuroCloud means for SaaS in Europe
- A new industry organization to promote cloud and SaaS launches in seven European countries today. EuroCloud will help European providers build a network and speak with a common voice to government and business. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Government, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- CEO interview: Workday's Aneel Bhusri on advancing SaaS and cloud models for improved ERP
- The thing that Dave and I both took away from PeopleSoft is that you have to stay on top of innovation, and that's what Workday is doing. We are innovating where the large ERP vendors have stopped. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Workday, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Live Webcast: Saving Money with Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Small and midsize businesses SMBs face the same challenges as larger companies when it comes to cutting costs and saving money in a difficult economy. All but the most critical capital expenditures are on hold and even the most common operating expenses are more closely scrutinized by SMB decision...
- Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Webcast, Small And Medium Business, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies
- Webcasts 2009-10-14
- SaaS Customer Bill of Rights: right thing, right time
- AG Customer Bill of Rights - SaaS - Live I'm not pimping this because Ray Wang and I happen to be collaborators or that I got a credit in the Altimeter Group report but because Ray and Jeremiah Owyang's SaaS Customer Bill of Rights is the right thing at...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- The cloud: no place for amateurs
- IBM and Microsoft have been left looking like rank cloud amateurs after this weekend's events. It's typical of how big, established companies over-estimate their competence at cloud computing and SaaS. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Amateur, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- What we may/may not hear @ Oracle Open World this week
- Watch for movement on these matters Last night, Oracle’s annual mega event, Oracle Open World, opened. This event draws some 37,000 people to San Francisco to hear, see and speak all things Oracle. With the keynotes starting in mere minutes, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts...
- Tags: Probability, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Open World, Software As A Service (SaaS), Databases, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- SMART Selling in the SaaS world
- What we all could learn from Sonar6 Post #3 from the HR Technology show SaaS software as a service is supposed to cost less. At least that’s what all the vendors tell me. It’s also supposed to be easier to use and easier to...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Katherine Jones, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Sales Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- Workday, SaaS, and failure: 'A matter of trust'
- In an usual twist on downtime stories, SaaS vendor Workday actually increased customer loyalty after a 15-hour outage. Here's how they did it. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Workday, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Compuware buys Gomez for $295 million; Bolsters SaaS footprint
- Compuware said it will acquire Gomez, which monitors Web applications, for $295 million in cash. The move is designed to create an application monitoring portfolio across the enterprise and Internet. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Gomez Advisors Inc., Monitoring, Compuware Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet, Managed Hosting, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Fourth type of cloud computing
- We've all heard of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. What's the fourth type of cloud computing? by Dan Kusnetzky
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Software As A Service (SaaS), Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- The as-a-service business model
- Other industries are starting to take a lead from SaaS and learning lessons from the 'as-a-service' business model - even though most ISVs are so behind the curve they still haven't the least idea what SaaS really entails. by Phil Wainewright
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Business Model, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- 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
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