Comments on: Why IT Now Sees SaaS As A Savior http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html This blog examines the business implications of IT service trends ranging from software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing to managed services and other on-demand services. Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:38:58 -0400 hourly 1 By: THINK IT Services » Blog Archive » Will Salesforce.com’s Outage Derail the SaaS Market? http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html/comment-page-1#comment-189 THINK IT Services » Blog Archive » Will Salesforce.com’s Outage Derail the SaaS Market? Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:19:18 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-a-savior.html#comment-189 [...] uptime record is still the envy of many IT and business decision-makers. That is why an increasing number of IT organizations are not only supporting the adoption of SaaS and cloud computing, but also benchmarking themselves [...] [...] uptime record is still the envy of many IT and business decision-makers. That is why an increasing number of IT organizations are not only supporting the adoption of SaaS and cloud computing, but also benchmarking themselves [...]

]]> By: friarminor http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html/comment-page-1#comment-113 friarminor Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-a-savior.html#comment-113 SaaS customization doesn't seem quite appealing during early stages of biz and during financial crunches but don't count em out yet as it is human nature to always go for added-value (even without perceived significant gain) if offered at a price hardly felt. Heck, why do you think open source figures so prominently and platform lock-in is such a big concern? It all ties up with getting value against the threat of SaaS getting stale or another product just offering more becomes available.<br/><br/>Best.<br/>alain<br/>www.morpheXchange.com SaaS customization doesn’t seem quite appealing during early stages of biz and during financial crunches but don’t count em out yet as it is human nature to always go for added-value (even without perceived significant gain) if offered at a price hardly felt. Heck, why do you think open source figures so prominently and platform lock-in is such a big concern? It all ties up with getting value against the threat of SaaS getting stale or another product just offering more becomes available.

Best.
alain
http://www.morpheXchange.com

]]> By: Daniel Druker http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html/comment-page-1#comment-112 Daniel Druker Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-a-savior.html#comment-112 Jeff - I very much think you are on to something here. I added a few more thoughts in addition to yours, adding the ideas of superior service and operations, budget flexibility, TCO and content and usage aggregation on my blog, <a HREF="http://intacct.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">SaaS 2.0</a> Jeff – I very much think you are on to something here. I added a few more thoughts in addition to yours, adding the ideas of superior service and operations, budget flexibility, TCO and content and usage aggregation on my blog, SaaS 2.0

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html/comment-page-1#comment-111 Anonymous Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-a-savior.html#comment-111 Very much agree to Jeff's take on standardization and the way it is helping CIOs. Believe that the way individual SaaS applications are helping standardize the business processes along with required built-in flexibility, PaaS/ SaaS Platforms would help in building a standard infrastructure and environment for developing SaaS applications. This way ISVs could more focus on differentiating themselves based on 'the business logic and user experience' their application is providing rather than the platform on which it is being provided. Are we hearing IT commoditization here? Very much agree to Jeff’s take on standardization and the way it is helping CIOs. Believe that the way individual SaaS applications are helping standardize the business processes along with required built-in flexibility, PaaS/ SaaS Platforms would help in building a standard infrastructure and environment for developing SaaS applications. This way ISVs could more focus on differentiating themselves based on ‘the business logic and user experience’ their application is providing rather than the platform on which it is being provided. Are we hearing IT commoditization here?

]]> By: Joe Panettieri http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html/comment-page-1#comment-110 Joe Panettieri Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:21:00 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-a-savior.html#comment-110 I don't think the entire market will switch to SaaS. However, I think all CIOs WILL explore SaaS each time a new software project emerges in their companies. Now that broadband is widely available and SaaS apps are highly reliable (generally speaking), it's logical to always check first for a SaaS version, and its potential pros/cons.<br/><br/>Watch for Salesforce.com and Google to <a HREF="http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/04/08/google-apps-salesforcecom-so-happy-together/" REL="nofollow">work very closely</a> and help define where SaaS is going next.<br/><br/>Joe Panettieri<br/>www.mspmentor.net I don’t think the entire market will switch to SaaS. However, I think all CIOs WILL explore SaaS each time a new software project emerges in their companies. Now that broadband is widely available and SaaS apps are highly reliable (generally speaking), it’s logical to always check first for a SaaS version, and its potential pros/cons.

Watch for Salesforce.com and Google to work very closely and help define where SaaS is going next.

Joe Panettieri
http://www.mspmentor.net

]]> By: Ranjit Nayak http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-savior.html/comment-page-1#comment-109 Ranjit Nayak Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:50:00 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2008/04/why-it-now-sees-saas-as-a-savior.html#comment-109 There is one other nuance which IT departments should find helpful. With SaaS offerings pricing information easily available, IT departments can benchmark the service they offer against external offerings. IT departments can thus easily prove their value to the business and rationally decide when a service must be purchased from an external entity. <br/><br/>The "standardization" Jeff refers to in this article is very powerful. Like the automobile industry which started with every vehicle being custom and transformed with assembly lines, the IT industry will benefit in many ways. There is one other nuance which IT departments should find helpful. With SaaS offerings pricing information easily available, IT departments can benchmark the service they offer against external offerings. IT departments can thus easily prove their value to the business and rationally decide when a service must be purchased from an external entity.

The “standardization” Jeff refers to in this article is very powerful. Like the automobile industry which started with every vehicle being custom and transformed with assembly lines, the IT industry will benefit in many ways.

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