Oracle places big bet on Web-based software

Another software giant shows how serious it is about SaaS/Cloud Computing.

http://ow.ly/vviP

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Is the enterprise market tipping towards SaaS?

Some actual revenues of SaaS versus on-premise vendors make for interesting reading here.

http://ow.ly/rDwF

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Five tips to SaaS success

Some interesting opinions on the business model and financials here.

http://ow.ly/pBWi

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Using SaaS to Better Define the Cost of Providing IT

Some good insight into why SMB have to be more agile and flexible when it comes to software licensing here.

http://ow.ly/jzFb

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Closing The Gap With SaaS

An interesting (if not quite long!) article about SaaS usability, barriers to market entry etc...

http://ow.ly/jaZd

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Starting Out: What business ideas suit SaaS?

SaaS products are successful when they have lots of clients. Simply said, “it’s a volume’s business.” Ideas that work well on a SaaS model need to meet a fairly generic need (albeit with customizable options) and there should be a high number of potential clients.

Read the full article here...
http://ow.ly/i0ou

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Google’s Chrome OS: Reaching for the Cloud and SaaS

For me, Google's Chrome OS is a MASSIVE deal as it basically acknowledges the death of traditional desktop applications in favour of SaaS as everything moves to the cloud. I know it won't be an overnight transition but when a giant like Google make such a bold move, surely people will see that SaaS really is the way forward.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/weekinreview/12helft.html

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Cloud Confusion Amongst IT Professionals

Here are the results from a survey of senior UK IT directors and managers about Cloud Computing. Alarmingly 41% of them admitted that they "didn’t know" what Cloud Computing is!!! Even more reason for us all to get out there and clear up this confusion.

http://ow.ly/glCV

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Under the Covers of a SaaS Product Launch

Here's an interesting insight into how a company launched their SaaS product from initial ideas to product release

http://ow.ly/ecqH

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Modernizing Legacy Applications a Top Software Priority, Report Says

A report from Forrester Research suggests enterprises and cost-conscious businesses alike are looking for ways to modernize key legacy applications.

http://ow.ly/ecqH

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SaaS gives SMEs the power to ride out recession

Investing more in software as a service (SaaS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) could help smaller businesses lower their operating costs and help them grow in spite of the recession.

http://ow.ly/bgg8

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SaaS skips the Great Recession

Let's face it, entrepreneurs want to get rich. And the people who bankroll them -- angel investors, venture capitalists and, yes, even banks -- want to get even richer. But what's a money-hungry capitalist to do in times like these? Weep? Wail? Wish for the good ol' IPO days?

No. Go SaaS.

http://ow.ly/9oe5

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MSP's Must Be Ready To Sell SaaS And Virtualization

An article citing SaaS as a hot topic among MSP's.
http://ow.ly/72Iy

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SaaS gaining mindshare over license model

An article from ZDNet about SaaS adoption rates in the Asia-Pacific region. As we all know piracy is rife in these areas so that seems to be the key selling point they are pushing.

http://ow.ly/5fzo

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SaaS adoption swells in Europe

Here's an interesting article about SaaS adoption rates throughout Europe which my own experience tends to agree with.
http://ow.ly/34x9

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SaaS at number 5 in Top 10 Tech Investments

Surveys done with 1400 CIO's of SME's resulted in a good result for SaaS. When asked about the top 10 areas of IT investment for this year then SaaS came out as number 5.

Read the whole article below.
http://ow.ly/2Vlb

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10 ways to manage your risk with SaaS

I found this article the other day that is a great read for anyone thinking of dipping their toes in the SaaS water!

http://ow.ly/20pE

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5 SaaS myths busted

Despite a growing track record of success, software as a service is still misunderstood by a surprising number of IT and business decision-makers. It's time to put to rest some misconceptions about SaaS. Let's bust the following five most common myths.

1. SaaS is a peripheral trend
2. SaaS offers just one type of application
3. SaaS just offers skinnier versions of more sophisticated applications
4. SaaS is less reliable and less secure than on-premises applications
5. IT professionals are uniformly opposed to SaaS

Read the full article here to see why they just aren't true!

http://ow.ly/1kYN

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Home-based business usage of SaaS shows explosive

Just to add substance to my own opinion that the marketplace of SaaS is not a question of Enterprise OR SMB market but is more a case of both.

After my previous posting of Forrester predicting Enterprise not SMB, here is another article showing the opposite!

http://www.searchsmbasia.com/content/home-based-business-usage-saas-showed-explosive-growth

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Forrester forecasts SaaS future in Enterprise

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is set for significant growth in the enterprise over the coming decade, according to Forrester Research.

Forrester evaluated a range of SaaS technologies for the report, which is the latest in its TechRadar series. It predicts strong growth in customer relationship management (CRM), human capital management, Web conferencing, collaboration, IT service management and online backup.

Read more at:
http://www.onwindows.com/Articles/Forrester-forecasts-SaaS-future/3606/Default.aspx

I'm not sure I agree that the future of SaaS is purely in the Enterprise though. Recently I've been reading more and more about SMB's finding it to be a great fit for them.

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Top SaaS FAQ's

I've just read the following article and it struck me that the questions asked (and answered!) must ring a bell with most of us in the SaaS industry.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/125707-saas-summit-cloud-computing-is-here-to-stay

I'd be interested to put together a "top 10" of these sort of questions if anyone else has any additions.

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LinkedIn - UK specific SaaS group

I thought it was about time there was a specific group on LinkedIn for UK SaaS (Software as a Service) professionals to engage and network together so here it is!

It is called "UK SaaS" and can be found here
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1832274

I hope to see you there soon :)

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Salesforce.com breaks $1 billion revenue barrier!

Another good news story for SaaS!

On-demand software provider Salesforce.com earned revenues of $1.08 billion in its last financial year, the company revealed yesterday. That represents a 44% increase on the previous year, a significant milestone in the story of software-as-a-service and an endorsement of the subscription model.

http://www.information-age.com/channels/business-applications/news/1005707/salesforcecom-breaks-and361-billion-revenue-barrier.thtml

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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.

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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IBM's Lotus Goes Live for SaaS Apps

Another big player has joined the SaaS ranks in the shape of IBM with LotusLive. The SaaS space gets more and more interesting every week especially now the big boys are adopting it :)

More info here
http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog=3087

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SaaS a ’No-Brainer’ for Small Wall Street Firms

Here's an article on how Wall Street IT organisations are embracing SaaS. Interestingly they are tending to keep their core trading systems entirely in-house but using SaaS for all non-core applications.

Read the full article is here:

http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/advancedtrading/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212701644&cid=RSSfeed_WST_News

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Despite Dire Predictions, Open Source and SaaS Remain Promising

Although a recent Goldman Sach's report is predicting that things are about to get much worse for the tech industry there is a silver lining in Open Source and SaaS.

Take a look here and the linked article within it.

http://ostatic.com/blog/despite-dire-predictions-open-source-and-saas-remain-promising

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