SaaS Blogs

We’ve written quite a bit here about Salesforce’s Apex… and, admittedly, we’ve taken a somewhat critical stance on it.  Questions of identity crisis and ambiguity have boiled down to “Is it a SaaS platform, or a CRM platform? Is there a difference, and does it really matter what they call it as long as it is […]

Despite the many articles about SaaS that we have written, and will continue to write, it’s no secret that the real value SaaSBlogs presents to the community is as a hub for SaaS knowledge sharing and discussion.  All of you subscribers, lurkers and regular commentors alike, have plenty to say that we want to hear.  We’ve had some terrific comments that […]

I just stumbled across this little article on Rod Drury’s blog. The article describes the fact that when compared to traditional software, SaaS apps are much cheaper, therefore allowing individuals in an organization the ability to make purchase decisions without the consent of IT or expense approval. While this is one of those things that […]

It was only a matter of time…another 2.0. At least this version number means something! OpSource recently announced their next offering iteration; I think it’s an important milestone because we see the industry really targetting enablement and trying to pull more vendors up in the space. The one question that I have, however, is what parts […]

Just a quick note: Datamation recently invited me to write an article for their website.  The article, entitled Repealing the SaaS Tax, was published a few days ago and it focuses on SaaS enablement, and more specifically, enablement through platforms, so check it out and let me know what you think!
PS: Sorry for the late notice

Via Business Two Zero, here is a press release recently issued by Gartner titled Gartner Says Service Providers Must Prepare Now for the Software as a Service Wave. The release opens with numbers: The worldwide SaaS market reached $6.3 billion in 2006, with a forecast of growth to $19.3 billion by year-end 2011.
I want to […]

Here’s another spotlight article from Phil Wainewright on ZDNet - DST spells disaster for shrinkwrap software.
The article zeroes in on the impending daylight savings time change (it’s this weekend in case you didn’t know - a date earlier than any prior year), and the havoc that it has wreaked on on-premise, aka ’shrinkwrap’, software end users who must now navigate through […]

Rare is the day where using the phrase “SaaS Platform” doesn’t invoke the usage of “SaaS Ecosystem.” Heck, it even found its way to the title of the keynote panel I’m part of at April’s SaaSCon: Understanding SaaS Platforms and Ecosystems. The reason for this “two peas in a pod” syndrome is pretty easy to […]