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

Thanks

Richard

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http://www.saasgroup.co.uk/
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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

Thanks

Richard

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

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.

Thanks

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

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.

Thanks

Richard

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

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 :)

Richard

www.appware.co.uk
www.saasforum.com
www.saasblog.co.uk
www.saasroi.co.uk

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

Thanks

Richard

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