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THINKstrategies: Leveraging Escrow Agreements to Safeguard Your Business from the Risks Associated with SaaS: The software industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation as traditional, on-premise applications are being replaced with a new generation of Software-as-a-Service SaaS solutions. Solutions for customer relationship management, payroll, human resources, and many more are available on-demand with SaaS delivery model. While offering measurable business benefits, these solutions expose...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Agreement, Software Industry, THINKstrategies, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies; White papers

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Recession proofing with on demand services: With "recession" permeating the air, on demand services are looking even more attractive to CIOs and investors. Jeff Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies, wrote: Escalating oil prices, the uncertain political landscape and faltering financial institutions beset with the aftereffects of the sub-prime lending debacle could mean a...; Tags: On-demand, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-11
Wanted: Customer perspectives on SaaS: A lot of tech industry conferences claim to be targeted at the end user but end up being just a vendor-to-vendor talking shop. That's certainly been true of the majority of SaaS conferences I've been to â€” probably for the very good reason that the end user is more interested...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Jeff Kaplan, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-09-06
Leveraging Escrow Agreements to Safeguard Your Business From the Risks Associated With Software-as-a-Service: Customer concerns about the security of their data and the viability of their SaaS providers are the greatest impediments to greater SaaS adoption, according to THINKstrategies research. This paper will discuss a proven mechanism for addressing these concerns creating a technology escrow program to safeguard SaaS solutions. This paper will...; Tags: Software-as-a-service, Agreement, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies; White papers 2007-04-21
SaaS seeks definition with help from SIIA: The US software industry's leading advocacy group has launched a much-needed initiative to define some key metrics around SaaS. Building on work begun at the SIIA as much as a year ago, the SaaS Executive Council launched yesterday PDF of release here and will be rolling out its programs over...; Tags: Saas; Blog posts 2006-07-26

It's a whole 'nother ball game: When Steve Ballmer was gearing up for Microsoft's launch of on-demand services last October, I don't think he really believed some of the claims he was hearing from the Microsoft Live team. Bi-monthly product release cycles? His choice of metaphor to describe these faster product updates was eloquent:...; Tags: software, on-demand, software-as-a-service; Blog posts 2006-03-16
More on SAP's 'hybrid' CRM: SAP's announcement of its on demand CRM solution has stimulated competitors and commmentors. Phil Wainewright hits SAP over the head for announcing a "gridless on demand model." Zach Nelson of NetSuite and Marc Benioff of salesforce.com had their responses even before the SAP press conference. RightNow CEO Greg Gianforte was...; Tags: SAP AG; Blog posts 2006-02-02
Business execs are from Mars, IT leaders are from Venus: Business execs are from Mars, IT leaders are from VenusSynchronized or ParalyzedI work with both CIOs and other C-levels. Any attempt to put all CIOs (or all CFOs, or... ) in the same box is doomed to failure - they are just too different.That said, your question does raise...; Tags: Corporate governance, Strategy, information technology, Business Change Program, Information and Communication Technology, board; Discussion threads 2005-07-07
Fiorina falls victim to HP's Switzerland syndrome: Nice guys finish last. Of course, in the case of HP's now ex-CEO Carly Fiorina, maybe that should be "gals." Actually, HP is the guy and, in addition to a recent story in Fortune magazine (that was no doubt the tipping point to Fiorina's helmsmanship), HP's Switzerland-like agnosticism to operating systems,...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.; Blog posts 2005-02-09
Now, HP denies rumors of executive shuffle: Discounting a report that HP CEO Carly Fiorina's authority over the whole company was about to be diluted by an executive shuffle, a News.com story by Matt Hines quotes HP spokesperson Robert Sherbin as saying:"Boards discuss a wide range of topics consistent with their fiduciaryresponsibilities, and any speculation about these...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.; Blog posts 2005-01-24
Fiorina: One foot out the door?: Unhappy with HP's uneven performance on Wall St., the company's board of directors is apparently reconsidering the scope of CEO Carly Fiorina's management duties. Though her job doesn't appear to be on the line, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the board has discussed giving three senior executives more...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.; Blog posts 2005-01-24
Who to watch and what to do in 2005: After a quick hit on Intel CEO Craig Barrett's on stage encounters with Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler I interview THINKStrategies founder and managing directorJeff Kaplan in ZDNet's second podcast (download the MP3, or get it through the RSS feed). Kaplan gazes into his crystal ball for utility computing,...; Tags: IT Research, Kaplan; Blog posts 2005-01-10
How to Leverage Today's On-Demand Business Intelligence Solutions to Achieve Your Corporate Objectives: This THINKstrategies white paper examines the trends that make it imperative for companies of all sizes to adopt business intelligence - and how they use on-demand business intelligence solutions to collect, analyze, and share data in more ways, and with more people - anywhere in the world.; Tags: business intelligence, Business Objects, on-demand, on-demand business; White papers
Expert Strategies for Reducing the Risks of an SaaS Relationship: With promises of strong return on investment, low overhead and rapid application deployment, Software as a Service SaaS and Application Service Provider ASP solutions have begun to skyrocket in popularity. Solutions for customer relationship management, payroll, human resources, and many more are now available on-demand. But as compelling as...; Tags: Software, Strategy, Software-as-a-service, Iron Mountain Inc., On-demand, Application Service Provider, Service Provider, Software As A Service (SaaS), Application Service Providers (ASPs), Web Hosting, Business Services, Emerging Technologies, Internet; Webcasts
Reduce Costs, Minimize Risk and Improve Network Performance with Managed Services: Managed services are among the fastest growing segments of the IT/networking industry. This THINKstrategies white paper shows how enterprises can leverage managed services to: Reduce costs Minimize risk Improve network performance; Tags: Managed Services, Network, Siemens AG, It Services, Networking; White papers