Comments on: Silly Ideas About SaaS http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/silly-ideas-about-saas.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: service-now expert http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/silly-ideas-about-saas.html/comment-page-1#comment-191 service-now expert Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:58:09 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/?p=189#comment-191 Joe Panettieri : Thanks for sharing your experience on Saas. I think would be great thing for IT companies . Joe Panettieri : Thanks for sharing your experience on Saas. I think would be great thing for IT companies .

]]> By: Jeff Kaplan http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/silly-ideas-about-saas.html/comment-page-1#comment-180 Jeff Kaplan Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:40:13 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/?p=189#comment-180 Joe: Thanks for the reinforcement. I think you'll also agree that the SaaS, and broader on-demand services market, could create net opportunities for the IT industry...if companies and professionals in our industry take advantage of them. Joe: Thanks for the reinforcement. I think you’ll also agree that the SaaS, and broader on-demand services market, could create net opportunities for the IT industry…if companies and professionals in our industry take advantage of them.

]]> By: Joe Panettieri http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/2009/01/silly-ideas-about-saas.html/comment-page-1#comment-179 Joe Panettieri Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:17:37 +0000 http://www.thinkstrategies.com/blog/?p=189#comment-179 Jeff: I've got to back you up. SaaS does NOT hurt a fragile economy. It lets small companies -- like my own -- disrupt traditional companies. Our entire company leverages SaaS -- from hosted email to hosted Web sites to hosted media destinations. We don't have any inhouse IT, and we're hiring for 2009. A decade ago, our business would NOT have been possible because of closed systems and complex on-premise hardware/software that cost a fortune. Today, we pay as we go ... monthly, predictable costs for reliable enterprise-class IT systems. And there are thousands of businesses like mine that would not have been possible without SaaS. I've never seen our database server. I've never seen our email server. I've never seen our e-commerce systems. And I plan to keep it that way because our commitment to SaaS is a commitment to predictable cash flow and growth. All the best for 2009. -jp Joe Panettieri Executive VP Nine Lives Media Inc. Jeff: I’ve got to back you up. SaaS does NOT hurt a fragile economy. It lets small companies — like my own — disrupt traditional companies.

Our entire company leverages SaaS — from hosted email to hosted Web sites to hosted media destinations. We don’t have any inhouse IT, and we’re hiring for 2009. A decade ago, our business would NOT have been possible because of closed systems and complex on-premise hardware/software that cost a fortune.

Today, we pay as we go … monthly, predictable costs for reliable enterprise-class IT systems. And there are thousands of businesses like mine that would not have been possible without SaaS.

I’ve never seen our database server. I’ve never seen our email server. I’ve never seen our e-commerce systems. And I plan to keep it that way because our commitment to SaaS is a commitment to predictable cash flow and growth.

All the best for 2009.
-jp

Joe Panettieri
Executive VP
Nine Lives Media Inc.

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