"This coming 'services wave' will be very disruptive…Services designed to scale to tens or hundreds of millions will dramatically change the nature and cost of solutions deliverable to enterprises or small businesses.”
--From an internal memo from Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, October 30, 2005.
Our Views on SaaS and Cloud Computing
What is SaaS and how does it work? Despite the rapid growth of the SaaS market, there are still plenty of people who are still trying to understand this new approach to leveraging software applications. THINKstrategies has published a SaaS Primer aimed at helping companies better understand this powerful new software alternative. Click here to obtain a copy of this useful document.
What will it take to make Cloud Computing mainstream? Listen to THINKstrategies' Managing Director, Jeff Kaplan, explain the factors which will drive mainstream businesses to adopt cloud computing alternatives to legacy software and traditional systems. Click here to view his presentation as a part of Cloud Slam '09.
What role do professional services play in the SaaS marketplace? Some people have suggested that the on-demand services movement will 'disintermediate' the professional services business in the software industry. Instead, there is a new generation of professional services firms who are addressing a new set of customer challenges created by SaaS and cloud computing alternatives. Click here, to see a panel session which discusses this topic, moderated by THINKstrategies' Managing Director and the founder of the SaaS Showplace, Jeff Kaplan, at the SIIA On-Demand 2008 conference.
Here are more of our perspectives on SaaS and Cloud Computing:
Click herefor more commentaries from THINKstrategies regarding the broader topics of IT management, managed services and cloud computing. Or, visit our blog, THINK IT Services, to read and comment on our latest commentaries on SaaS and related topics.
SaaS Showplace Best Practices Portal
Want more information and insight regarding how your organization can fully leverage the power of SaaS? Check out THINKstrategies’ new SaaS Best Practices portal!
The portal contains a repository of whitepapers, webcasts, company success stories and other useful information to help you evaluate, implement and optimize SaaS solutions. It also enables you to contribute material and share your views about timely SaaS topics. Click here to register, or go to the Best Practices Portal login page if you're already a member.
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