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Timely Insight and Advice for Companies Seeking to Capitalize on the On-Demand Services Movement


Who We Are

THINKstrategies is a strategic consulting company, founded in 2001, to help clients capitalize on the migration of the technology industry from a product-centric to a services-driven business model. Click here to listen to a brief overview of THINKstrategies' unique consulting services, capabilities and benefits.

THINKstrategies is the only consulting firm dedicated to helping enterprises make better sourcing decisions, IT solution providers make better marketing decisions, and venture investors make better investment decisions to capitalize on the business benefits of today's on-demand services, including Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud computing and managed services.
Click here to learn more about us. 

THINKstrategies
is also the founder of the Software-as-a-Service Showplace and Managed Services Showplace online directories of on-demand services and best practice resources.

Click here to learn why SaaS and Cloud Computing matter.

What We THINK

THINKstrategies believes the migration of the technology industry from products to services represents a fundamental transformation which requires IT/business decision-makers within organizations to re-THINK their sourcing strategies, IT solutions providers re-THINK their go-to-market strategies, and technology investors re-THINK their portfolio strategies. Click here to read about our market perspective.

What We Do and Makes Us Different

THINKstrategies is unlike traditional market research and consulting firms that require clients to subscribe to their syndicated research programs or initiate large-scale consulting engagements.
 
Instead, we offer trusted advisory On-Demand Consulting Services that are designed to help clients achieve their business objectives more quickly and cost-effectively.
Click here to learn more about our services. 

Or, click here to listen to THINKstrategies' Managing Director, Jeff Kaplan, describe our unique consulting services, capabilities and benefits.

How We Are Helping

In addition to our strategic consulting services, THINKstrategies has founded the two largest and highest ranked, vendor-independent, online directories and resource centers focused on the SaaS and Managed Services markets--the
SaaS Showplace and Managed Services Showplace.

THINKstrategies has also launched two industry important awards programs to promote the measurable business benefits of today's on-demand services -- Cloud Computing Business Value (CCBV) and Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards.

We are also committed to combating important social and healthcare challenges.
Click here to read about our participation in the Pan Mass Challenge fundraising cycling ride which supports the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer Institute to support cancer research and promote cancer prevention.


 

New Videos, Podcasts and Commentaries
Watch THINKstrategies' founder and Managing Director, Jeff Kaplan, discuss the impact of the economy on the on-demand services market in SIIA video. 

See Kaplan provide his perspective regarding the business implications of the Salesforce.com Dreamforce '09 conference announcements and activities. 

View Kaplan moderate a panel of industry executives discussing the state of cloud computing at the AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford conference.

Hear Kaplan explain how cloud computing trends are reshaping the competitive landscape on the Cloud Computing Show podcast.

Click here to listen and see more of our views.

New: Kaplan now blogging on
Internet Evolution.

Recent Columns,
E-Commerce Times: The Nexus Between Open Source and the Cloud, 08/13/10 

Datamation: Cloud Computing's Effect on the Hosting Industry, 07/27/10

E-Commerce Times: The Cloud's Answer to the Knowledge Management Challenge, 07/09/10

Datamation: How Cloud Computing Helps Mine User Data, 06/23/10 

E-Commerce Times: The New Social Business Model: Reaping the Benefits of Online Communities, 06/11/10

Datamation: Cloud Computing 2.0 and the Changing IT Manager, 06/07/10 

InformationWeek: Getting Ready for Cloud Computing 2.0, 05/24/10

E-Commerce Times: How to Make the Cloud Enterprise-Ready: It's the Support, Stupid! 05/14/10 

E-Commerce Times: The Reinvention of the Cloud Computing Reseller, 04/09/10

Datamation: SaaS Survey Reveals Real World Experience, 03/29/10 

E-Commerce Times: The SaaSification of IT Management, 03/12/10 

Datamation: Are SaaS Vendors Offering Questionable Contracts? 03/08/10

Sandhill.com: Complex Times Demand Simpler Solutions, 02/16/10 

Datamation: Using the Cloud to Guard Against Vendor Lock-In, 02/03/10 

Datamation: It's Time for IT Managers to Adopt Cloud Computing, 01/12/10 

E-Commerce Times: 2010's Key Challenges and Opportunities in the Clouds, 01/08/10 

E-Commerce Times: Top 10 Cloud Computing Flashpoints of 2009, 12/11/09


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