THINKstrategies

Thought-Leadership Backed By Real-World Industry Experience

"Out-Tasking", "Industry Inversion", "Software-as-a-Service". "Managed Services", "Cloud Computing"

These are just some of the innovative ideas that Jeff Kaplan has pioneered as a research analyst, corporate executive, strategic consultant, featured columnist and industry speaker.

THINKstrategies was founded by Kaplan -- formerly a leading industry analyst at IDC, Dataquest, and META Group, and successful senior marketing executive at InterOPS Management Solutions and International Network Services (INS) -- as the only independent strategic consulting firm dedicated to helping enterprise IT decision-makers and technology solution providers achieve their business objectives by leveraging the value of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cloud computing and managed services.

Click here to listen to Jeff's brief overview of THINKstrategies' unique consulting services, capabilities and benefits.

Click on the SlideShare icon on the right to view samples of Jeff Kaplan's recent presentations regarding SaaS, cloud computing, managed services and the on-demand services movement.

Kaplan has over twenty-five years of experience and recognized expertise in IT/network management, SaaS, managed services, cloud computing, telecommunications and outsourcing trends. He helped to launch IDC's Communications Industry Research (CIR) program in 1983; Dataquest's Worldwide Services Research program in 1990; and Meta Group's Benchmarking program in 1995. He then went on to have successful 'real-world' experiences at INS and InterOPS Management Solutions.

Kaplan founded THINKstrategies in 2001 to address the unprecedented IT/network management and sourcing issues facing enterprise IT executives, IT solutions providers and venture capital firms today. Kaplan has a long history of success working with a wide array of clients from each of these sectors.

In 2006, Kaplan founded the SaaS Showplace and Managed Services Showplace, the leading vendor-independent online directories and best practice resource centers in these rapidly growing marketplaces.

Kaplan is also a senior advisor to Triple-Tree, LLC and a member of Pacific Crest Securities' Mosaic Expert Network. He has served as the chairman of the CloudWorld and Cloud Futures conference. He also serves as a member of the SaaScon Advisory Board and On-Demand Conference steering committee of the SIIA; and the chairman of the SaaS/cloud computing/managed services track of NetworkWorld's IT Roadmap and Interops. He has also served as a member of the AMR Research Board of Directors.

He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and contributing columnist for BusinessWeek Online, Mass High Tech Journal, Financial Times of London, NetworkWorld, Business Communications Review, ComputerWorld, Datamation, eCommerce Times, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, and Web Host Industry Review on topics including managed services, software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud computing, outsourcing strategies; network and systems operations, service level management (SLM); and IT ROI and TCO calculations. Kaplan is also a contributor to the Seeking Alpha portal of stock market opinion and analysis from blogs, money managers and investment newsletters. 

Click here to read his latest columns and commentaries, or visit his blog to read THINKstrategies' latest views regarding industry trends.

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