SaaS on the Rise... Are you ready?

A good summary of the marketplace in my opinion.

http://caas.tmcnet.com/topics/caas-saas/articles/51019-saas-the-rise-you-ready.htm

Great to see that SaaS is now moving from just talk about "the next big thing" to the reality of rolled out solutions.

Richard

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Gartner and mixed SaaS messaging!!!

A few weeks ago I blogged about a Gartner article entitled "Gartner: SaaS to grow in 90% of organizations" where they were singing the praises of SaaS.

http://www.saasforum.com/forums/saasforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3&sid=171ef89809131c1d1e3e5e65d98e6400

Today they have release another called "Don't assume SaaS is cheaper" but even in this they list some virtues of SaaS!

http://www.saasforum.com/forums/saasforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31&sid=492f62a65a29f48165c994a1a79a1ac2

Talk about mixed messaging to the IT community!

Richard

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http://www.saasblog.co.uk/
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SMEs turning towards SaaS

A UK-based hosted CRM vendor has revealed that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly embracing hosted applications. Some interesting

numbers from their survey and good to see this sort of news in a UK specific survey - well, for those of us in the UK anyway!

More info here
http://outsourcingbpo.cbronline.com/news/smes_turning_towards_saas_170209

Thanks

Richard
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http://www.saasblog.co.uk/
http://twitter.com/richardjeaton/

SaaS to Get a Bump Up from the Down Economy?

This time it is IDC saying that SaaS is a growth market. They've even upped their growth projections of this sector from just a few months ago.

More info here
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh021609-story10.html

Thanks

Richard
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http://www.saasblog.co.uk/
http://twitter.com/richardjeaton/

SaaS: The Secret Weapon for Profits (and the Planet)

To measure their green impact, software-as-a-service companies are tracking the planetary benefit of their performance in terms of saving trees, jet fuel or disk space, and demonstrating through conversations and case studies how their clients shuffle less paper, travel less, or store and access data more efficiently.

More info here
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/SaaS--Weapon-for-Profits--and-Planet-/story.xhtml?story_id=030002ZP1FAC&full_skip=1

Thanks

Richard
http://www.saasforum.com/
http://www.saasblog.co.uk/
http://twitter.com/richardjeaton/