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THINKstrategies' Managing Director, Jeff Kaplan, is a recognized industry expert and thought-leader regarding Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Managed Services, Outsourcing and other important IT Management trends. Below is a list of some of the recent articles which have quoted Kaplan's perspective. Click here to find additional references to THINKstrategies in various online publications.
Network Computing: Amazon EC2 Reaches Out To Windows Developers, 01/19/12
E-Commerce Times: Kundra Casts His Lot With Salesforce.com, 01/16/12
ChannelPro SMB: Guide to Selling Cloud Solutions, 01/12/12
Channel Insider: The State of Cloud Computing: Getting Real in 2012, 01/12/12
SearchCIO: IT Executives Putting Their Own Stamp on Shared Services Model, 01/11/12
SearchCIO: Outlook 2012: IT Looking Out for the Business in Services Broker Role, 01/03/12
Internet Evolution: Oracle's Stock Tanks, Teaching IT a Lesson, 12/22/11
Integration Developer News: SaaS, Cloud Providers Say Integration is ‘Crucial’ To Business Growth, 12/11
Internet Evolution: The Cloud Conundrum Facing IT Vendors, 12/19/11
eBizQ: Cloud Data Integration - Bigger, Better, Faster and More Important in 2012, 12/14/11
Sandhill.com: Meet the Challengers for Software Market Share in 2012
Sandhill.com: Banking on Change: Software IT Spending Predictions for 2012
Channel Insider: Cisco CloudVerse to Simplify Hybrid Clouds, 12/07/11
SearchNetworkingChannel: Cloud Integrators Offer Assessment, Integration and Ongoing Support, 12/05/11
ChannelPro: Are Freemiums the Future of Managed Services? 12/01/11
Web Host Industry Review: Study Finds Integration is Major Sales Challenge for SaaS and Cloud Vendors, 11/30/11
SearchCIO: SaaS Solutions With a Vertical Slant, 11/17/11
Network Computing: Dell Boomi Upgrades Simplify Cloud Integration, 10/25/11
MIT Technology Review: How to Bid on Computing Power, 10/13/11
Network Computing: Piston Announces Enterprise Cloud OS, 09/29/11
Information Management: Commercial OpenStack Cloud Leads Another NASA Launch, 09/27/11
eChannel Line: Cloud Channel Summit Sees Positive Role for Channel in the Cloud, 09/27/11
TechTarget: Is Salesforce.com’s DRO the first step to a private option? 09/01/11
Channel Tech Network: The Cloud Solution Provider of the Future, 09/11
E-Commerce News: Dreamforce '11 - Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground, 08/31/11
eWeek: Dell Partners With VMware, Salesforce to Join Elite Cloud-Builder Club, 08/30/11
ComputerWorld: SaaS ERP is Making the Grade at Brown University, 08/22/11
IT Tech News Daily: Hey, You! Get Onto My Cloud!, 06/11/11
Sandhill.com: The Cloud in Action, 06/08/11
NetworkWorld: 10 SaaS companies to Watch, 06/06/11
NetworkWorld: SaaS Heats Up IT Service Management Arena, 06/05/11
ChannelPro: Is Your Cloud Provider Financially Fit? 05/25/11
IT BusinessEdge: Could Costs of Middle Men Impact Cloud's Advantage? 05/19/11
CRN: VARs, Vendors Eye Increasing SaaS Opportunity, 04/21/11
SearchCIO: Cloud Brokers Emerge to Sort Out the Chaos of Cloud Services, 03/08/11
Information Management:Dell Prescribes Cloud Services for Health Care, 02/22/11
Under the Radar: Simplifying IT for SMBs: 4 Startups to Know About, 02/22/11
SearchCIO: Converged Data Centers Promise to Banish IT Silos, 02/15/11
SearchCIO: Debate Continues Over the Definition and Strategy of Private Clouds, 02/10/11
SearchCIO: The Lines Between Cloud Computing Models are Blurring, 02/09/11
eWeek: NaviSite's Big Week-New Cloud Services Node Opens, New Owner on Way, 02/03/11
Virtualization Review: Amazon Web Services Reaches Out To Developers, 01/20/11
eWeek: 11 Expert Predictions for Cloud IT in 2011, 12/29/10
DestinationCRM: FinancialForce.com Announces New Portal Within Salesforce Customer Portal, 12/01/10
The Confident SMB: Computing on Cloud Nine, September, 2010
ChannelPro: Cloud Services - What's Selling. Who's Buying? 10/07/10
InformationWeek: Rackspace Launches Business App Matchmaking Service, 10/07/10
Light Reading: Verizon Takes On Amazon With SMB Cloud Offer, 09/14/10
CRM Buyer: Salesforce.com Spreads Chatter to Mobile Devices, 09/08/10
NotebookReview.com: Cloud-Based Solutions Extend Office Productivity Possibilities, 09/08/10
Dark Reading: Verizon and VMware Team Up With Hybrid Cloud Service, 09/01/10
Enterprise Efficiency: SaaS Sheds Its Small Business Image, 05/27/10
Infoworld: Six Misconceptions About Cloud Apps. 05/26/10
eWeek: Aria Systems Introduces SubscriptionsPlus for PayPal, 05/26/10
Managing Automation: Look, Up in the Sky … It’s Cloud Computing, 05/25/10
SearchDataManagement: Business Users Can No Longer Ignore the Integration Demands of SaaS, 05/24/10
CRN Community: Comparing Clouds - Google vs. Microsoft, Young vs. Old, 05/21/10
SearchCIO: CIOs Must Manage Changes In IT Departments Due To Cloud Computing Services, 05/21/10
SearchCloudComputing: IBM Buys Cast Iron for Cloud Computing Integration, 05/03/10
Information Management Magazine: SaaS and Open Source - Brothers in Arms, 04/22/10
E-Commerce Times: Salesforce.com Cuts Ribbon on Chatter App Exchange, 04/08/10
Research Rockstar: Out-Tasking to Market Research, 04/07/10
ChannelWeb: Cloud SLAs Add New Level of 'Confidence', 03/19/10
Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) Insight: Are You Being Served? February/March 2010
Processor: Cloud Applications -What's Ready? 02/26/10
Computerworld: SaaS Takes on Business Intelligence, 02/22/10
The Microsoft Blog: With Chatter, Salesforce.com Looks to One-up Microsoft SharePoint, 02/18/10
USA Today Salesforce.com Launches Facebook-like Service for Businesses, 02/18/10
Information Management Magazine: Net Expectations - What a Web Data Service Economy Implies for Business, January/February 2010
SearchCIO-Midmarket: SaaS Business Process Management Systems Close, But Not Quite There, 02/03/10
Computerworld: Don't Expect an Amazon EC2 Competitor from Oracle, 01/27/10
Mass High Tech Journal: Watch for Fragmentation in IT Consulting Sector, 01/06/10
Processor.com: Google Docs Grows, 01/01/10
SearchCloudComputing: Salesforce.com Suffers Service Outage After Operations Failure, 01/05/10
SearchWinIT: Application Hosting Here We Come, 11/23/09
SearchCloudComputing: Salesforce Jumps Into Collaboration Technology Software Market With Chatter, 11/19/09
RedmondMag.Com: Microsoft Cuts Online Services Pricing, 11/03/09
SearchCloudComputing: Cloud will be 10% of all IT spending by 2013, 10/08/09
BusinessWeek: Investing in Technology M&A, 09/10/09
SearchCloudComputing: Cloud Computing: Appeal, Origins and Economics, 09/09/09
eWeek: RingCentral Offers Web-Based Phone Platform for SMBs, 07/20/09
Bnet: Why Freemium Works for Software, 07/07/09
Sandhill.com: SaaS - It's the Business Model Stupid, 06/26/09
DestinationCRM: LucidEra Shuts Down Operations, 06/23/09
IT Knowledge Exchange: SaaS BI vendor LucidEra’s demise harkens to ASP downfalls, 06/23/09
Enterpriseleadership.org: Jeff Kaplan Talks about Putting Some of Your Apps in the Cloud, 06/09
SearchCIO-MidMarket: New Offerings That May Cut the Cost of Your IT Disaster Recovery Plan, 05/26/09
Industry Standard: The New Wave of SaaS, 05/24/09
CIOZone: Special Report on SaaS: Watch Out for 'Gotchas', 05/19/09
InformationWeek: Should Google's Outage Scare CIOs From Cloud Computing? 05/18/09
InformationWeek: Cloud Computing FUD Muddies SaaS Waters, 03/24/09
ComputerWorld: PaaS Gives Developers a Virtual Toolbox, 03/23/09
SearchCIO: Cloud Computing Helps Firm Bring Call Center In-House, Integrate Apps, 03/03/09
SearchCIO: As SaaS Model Matures, Complexity Grows, But SaaS Benefits Hang Tough, 01/21/09
PC Magazine: Saving Money the App-Rental Way, 3/12/09
E-Commerce Times: Making Smart CRM Choices for 2009, 01/26/09
SearchCIO: As SaaS Model Matures, Complexity Grows, But Saas Benefits Hang Tough, 01/21/09
Redmond Channel Partner: Google Expands Enterprise App Partner Program, 01/16/09
Mass High Tech Journal: Intuit's Mass. R&D Lab Pushes Service Platform Ideas, 01/16/09
IT Business Edge: SaaS + Appliances = Possible Peace of Mind, 01/15/09
Project Management Magazine, 01/09
Redmond Channel Partner Online: Landing New Business: S+S Incubation Centers Gives ISVs a First Step, December 2008
Mercury News: Economic Crisis Both a Threat and an Opportunity for SaaS, 12/07/08
eWeek: SaaS Billing Comes of Age, 12/02/08
eCommerce Best Practices: The Evolution of Software, 11/07/08
InfoWorld: Will the downturn accelerate cloud computing? 10/01/08
Online services streamlining businesses' back-office tasks, 06/09/08
SAP Unified IT Strategy Playbook - Fundamentals re: On-Demand or On-Premise?
SearchCIO Mid-Market: On-demand CRM and SaaS takes hold in midmarket. 1/23/08
IT/Business Edge: What the 'Google Effect' Means for Business Intelligence, 1/17/08
ZDnet: Recession Proofing With On-Demand Services, 1/11/08
SearchCIO: SaaS ERP Gains Ground In Large IT Shops, 1/02/8
SaaS B2B Advisor: Which SaaS Marketing Model Works Best? 12/07
Investors Business Daily: NetSuite IPO Wows Investors, Even At Twice The Initial Price, 12/20/07
SearchCIO: Large Firms Weigh SaaS as NetSuite Goes Public, 12/20/07
bMighty.com: Five Things You Didn't Know About Software-as-a-Service, 12/03/07
InfoWorld: Serena to ship enterprise mashup platform, 11/30/07
ITBusinessEdge: SaaS: It’s Not Just About the Money, 11/28/07
eWeek: Webroot Makes Smart Move into SAAS, 11/27/07
SearchSecurity.com: On-demand log management gets the nod, 11/07/07
SmallBusinessComputing.com: Verio Jumps On SaaS Bandwagon, 11/02/07
DestinationCRM: Xactly Does Incentive Management for SMBs, 06/25/07
Red Herring: Salesforce.com, Google Blend Technologies, 06/05/07
Financial Times: Salesforce and Google Join Forces, 06/05/07
Red Herring: SaaS Consortium Sets Standards, 05/08/07
DestinationCRM: Is Salesforce.com Changing Direction? 05/01/07
Processor: Managed IT Services For The SME, 04/27/07
Redmond Channel Partner Online: Paving the Way, 04/01/07
eWeek Channel Insider: Kaplan - Managed Services Are Transforming the Market, 03/20/07
Processor: The Evolving Software As A Service, 03/09/07
CRM Buyer: Salesforce.com Makes a Vertical Splash, 02/28/07
ITBusinessEdge: Keep SaaS Expectations in Line with Reality, 2/21/07
Baseline Magazine: On-Demand: Look Before You Leap, 02/01/07
NetworkWorld: BT puts up $196 million for INS, 02/01/07
ComputerWorld: SaaS Satisfaction Dropping as Customer Interest Expands, 01/25/07
San Diego Union Tribune: Flying a Different Path, 01/26/07
ComputerWorld: Taking Charge in 2007, 01/07
PS Village: SaaS-What it Means for the Services Professional, 1/07
eWeek Channel Insider: If You Think It's Hype, You'll Miss the Boat, 1/17/07
eCommerce Best Practices: Another Look at SaaS, 1/07
Business Intelligence Review: The Service Imperative, 12/06
InfoWorld: Salesforce adds Google Adword Integration, 8/22/06
eWeek: On the Prowl, 7/06
San Francisco Chronicle, On-Demand is Growing Tech Force, 7/23/06
eWeek: Playing Host, 6/27/06
ComputerWorld: Top 10 SaaS Traps: Watch Out For Hidden Snags, 6/12/06
Internetnews.com: Employease Yearns to be Your Enabler, 6/12/06
Internetnews.com: Microsoft Plays the Room, 5/01/06
Chicago Tribune: Software Evolving into Online Service, 5/01/06
SearchCIO: Outsourcing on Verge of Cultural Evolution, 4/18/06
Destination CRM: Nsite Releases a Platform for the Tech-Impaired, 4/14/06
CIO Decisions: Data Center Crossroads, 4/01/06
Consulting Magazine: The World is Flat and Other Offshore Myths
NetworkWorld: Survival of the Fittest Managed Service Providers, 2/27/06
SearchSMB: Shop Talk: Beyond Salesforce.com -- CRM picks for SMBs, 2/15/06
Channel Insider: Survey - Customers Find MSPs Through Referrals, Shows, 2/13/06
CIO Magazine: Big Deals, Big Savings, Big Problems, 2/1/06
Wall Street Journal: Salesforce.com Adds to Wave of Web Services, 1/17/06
InfoWorld: Online SaaS Directory Launched, 1/9/06
Channel Insider: THINKstrategies Launches Web-Based Service Resources, 1/9/06
Web Hosting Industry Review: THINKstrategies Unveils Free Resources, 1/9/06
Smart Biz: Will SaaS Grow Significantly in 2006? 1/06
Telephony Online: MCI Unveils Security Risk Management Service, 12/06/05
Managing Automation: HP Pushes Utility Computing to Apps Level, 12/05/05
NetworkWorld: Software Watches Service Providers, 11/28/05
Mass High Tech Journal: Answering the Call of the Small, 11/21/05
The Channel Insider: Managed Services Model Demands Accountability, 11/15/05
ComputerWorld: Ready for Hosting? 11/14/05
CIO Today: Considering Data Center Outsourcing, 11/08/05
The Channel Insider: Level Platforms Steps Up Managed Services Training Effort, 11/07/05
NetworkWorld: Outsourcers Aim to Aid New Data Center, 10/24/05
The Channel Insider: Traveling Companions-Satyam Partners with Mainstay, 10/03/05
The Storage Pipeline: MCI Launches Storage On-Demand Service, 09/21/05
The Channel Insider: $15B Up For Grabs At GM, 09/20/05
Telecommunications Magazine: MCI Unveils Hosted Digital Media Management, 09/08/05
CIO Magazine: Backsourcing Pain, 09/01/05
Chartered Financial Analyst: Mega-Outsourcing - The Beginning of the End? August, 2005
NetworkWorld: Pay-as-you-go pricing picks up, 08/01/05
Kansas City Business Journal: Thinking positive: Tech firm expects remote access to be a big hit with companies, workers, 07/15/05
SearchDataCenter.com:Grid's cloud of confustion lifting, 06/30/05
NetworkWorld: Offshoring...offshore? 06/27/05
NWItimes: NiSource outsource-Will the lights burn brighter? 06/26/05
IT Business Edge, 3 Questions: Evaluating Utility Computing, 06/21/05
NetworkWorld: Just what exactly is utility computing? 06/16/05
The Channel Insider: Disney Delegates IT to Outsourcers, 06/15/05
NetworkWorld: The accidental tech pundit, 06/13/05
CIO Today: Many Firms Taking Back Tech Duties, 05/31/05
InformationWeek: The Importance of an Outsourcing Pre-nup, 05/30/05
NetworkWorld: 'Take it all' outsourcing on the wane, 05/30/05
Boston Globe: Technology outsourcing comes home, 05/29/05
Search400.Com: Outsourcing the Backup Data Center, 05/05/05
Processor Magazine: Managed Services-Experts Say the Forecast Looks Good, 04/08/05
The Channel Insider: SunGard to Hold Together in $11.3B Buyout, 03/30/05
Globe and Mail: Grid Computing-Compelling, Collaborative, Complex, 03/24/05
NetworkWorld: If only they knew then what we all know now, 01/31/05
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