SaaS Blogs

Although many in the SaaS-choir have long since been sold on SaaS, it seems that venture capitalists are finally joining us.  Existing firms are padding their portfolios with SaaS companies.  More interesting, though, is the fact that firms are forming with core strategies focused on SaaS investment.  Why is this?  Perhaps the most definitive evidence comes from market research […]

Last week was SaaSCon 2007, the definitive conference for B2B Software as a Service (not to be confused with Web 2.0, or Enterprise 2.0, or Office 2.0).  The conference was at the Santa Clara Convention Center Tuesday and Wednesday.  For those that attended, the conference offered a wide spectrum of keynotes and workshops revolving around all aspects of […]

Although SaaS is in and of itself of a unique and powerful model of software delivery, there is much to learn from industry’s that have produced either perfect or imperfect parallels. When I say ‘perfect’ I mean one with a distribution concept that provides a metaphor for SaaS, while ‘imperfect’ is more akin to an […]

When formulating the architectural foundation for a SaaS application, ISVs will inevitably encounter the age old build vs. buy decision.  SaaS enablement is hot right now, giving vendors a plethora of options on the buy side. 
Nick Carr has an interesting argument in support of the buy scenario - specifically urging vendors to buy into a horizontally aligned […]

Hello from sunny Santa Clara.  We’re at SaaSCon 2007 at the Santa Clara Convention Center today and tomorrow.  From the looks of the exhibit floor and the sound of the early keynotes this morning  there is plenty of opinion and information floating around. An interesting keynote was the ”Evaluating SaaS Infrastructure” keynote which described the challenges of […]

I’ve been following a series of blog posts by Lars Fløe Nielsen, Michel Baladi and some other folks from Microsoft, Sitecore and other firms. The posts follow a proof-of-concept project established by the firms to investigate how a “SaaS Hosting Platform”, or SHP, ought to look like. I appreciate the effort that has gone into […]