http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/ Understanding the Software as a Service Revolution Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:05:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-10266 En Avant » Blog Archive » Introducing Web 3.0 - a tectonic-scale vision for IT Wed, 08 Aug 2007 04:46:06 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-10266 [...] In essence, he describes a world very different from the IT world we know today, one where applications are interchangeable, small and fast, and all data lives ‘in the cloud’, i.e. on some secure, trusted internet service, rather than the traditional in-house server and desktop environments we know today. That requires a big shift in trust, but one I think will happen, driven by economics, flexibility and skills shortages. That’s provided governments don’t kill it through bad behaviours under the false flag of anti-terrorism. Even then, there’s a massive opportunity for countries/companies to be safe havens for ‘in the cloud’ data and applications, away from badly behaved governments. [...] […] In essence, he describes a world very different from the IT world we know today, one where applications are interchangeable, small and fast, and all data lives ‘in the cloud’, i.e. on some secure, trusted internet service, rather than the traditional in-house server and desktop environments we know today. That requires a big shift in trust, but one I think will happen, driven by economics, flexibility and skills shortages. That’s provided governments don’t kill it through bad behaviours under the false flag of anti-terrorism. Even then, there’s a massive opportunity for countries/companies to be safe havens for ‘in the cloud’ data and applications, away from badly behaved governments. […]

]]> http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-5784 En Avant » Blog Archive » SaaS business blog Thu, 24 May 2007 15:37:07 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-5784 [...] Explaining SaaS trust and SaaS platforms metaphorically (even if you’re not a SaaS fan, read this one anyway) [...] […] Explaining SaaS trust and SaaS platforms metaphorically (even if you’re not a SaaS fan, read this one anyway) […]

]]> http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-4587 SaaS Blogs - » Will ‘Beta’ Fly in B2B SaaS? Wed, 09 May 2007 13:16:49 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-4587 [...] I wonder to what extent this will fly in the enterprise SaaS world, where SLAs and guarantees make or break deals on a daily basis. From the consumer standpoint, trust is everything in SaaS.  From the provider standpoint, adoption is everything.  So the question is: Would consumers trust enterprise SaaS applications that wear the beta stamp?  Is it wise for providers to open up public betas of enterprise SaaS applications, or does the trust issue become prohibitive?  Obviously a major difference here is that the services listed above are ‘free’, while enterprise SaaS applications will presumably require subscription fees right out of the gate.  I’m just looking to get a handle on the psychological aspects fo using beta software in the enterprise and how that tranlates to the SaaS model. [...] […] I wonder to what extent this will fly in the enterprise SaaS world, where SLAs and guarantees make or break deals on a daily basis. From the consumer standpoint, trust is everything in SaaS.  From the provider standpoint, adoption is everything.  So the question is: Would consumers trust enterprise SaaS applications that wear the beta stamp?  Is it wise for providers to open up public betas of enterprise SaaS applications, or does the trust issue become prohibitive?  Obviously a major difference here is that the services listed above are ‘free’, while enterprise SaaS applications will presumably require subscription fees right out of the gate.  I’m just looking to get a handle on the psychological aspects fo using beta software in the enterprise and how that tranlates to the SaaS model. […]

]]> http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-3400 SaaS Blogs - » SaaSCon Recap Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:47:03 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/23/explaining-saas-trust-and-saas-platforms-metaphorically/#comment-3400 [...] 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 SaaS - from SaaS revenue modeling to application architecture.  Sinclair has already mentioned an interesting analogy conjured up by Treb Ryan from OpSource.  Gianpaolo Carraro and Eugenio Pace from Microsoft’s SaaS team gave a detailed architecture overview of their Litware HR sample SaaS application.  Also of note, Apprenda unveiled details about its forthcoming SaaS platform, SaaSGrid.  Because we were busy at the Apprenda booth meeting hundreds of SaaSCon attendees, we had trouble finding the wherewithall to blog during the event in any consistent fashion.  Therefore, for those of you that were not in attendance, I’d like to offer an aggregation of others’ blog content about SaaSCon 2007: [...] […] 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 SaaS - from SaaS revenue modeling to application architecture.  Sinclair has already mentioned an interesting analogy conjured up by Treb Ryan from OpSource.  Gianpaolo Carraro and Eugenio Pace from Microsoft’s SaaS team gave a detailed architecture overview of their Litware HR sample SaaS application.  Also of note, Apprenda unveiled details about its forthcoming SaaS platform, SaaSGrid.  Because we were busy at the Apprenda booth meeting hundreds of SaaSCon attendees, we had trouble finding the wherewithall to blog during the event in any consistent fashion.  Therefore, for those of you that were not in attendance, I’d like to offer an aggregation of others’ blog content about SaaSCon 2007: […]

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