Comments on: The SaaS Investment Landscape http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/ Understanding the Software as a Service Revolution Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Pinaki http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-18341 Pinaki Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:49:23 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-18341 Keeps eyes on a2zapplications.com, India's First Multi-Tenant, Multi-Utility On-Demand Software Platform. They are targeting SMBs in India and going to rock I guess. I attended one of their beta sessions and it looks amazing platform where customers can develop their business software in few hours, if not in few days with ZERO IT knowledge. Keeps eyes on a2zapplications.com, India’s First Multi-Tenant, Multi-Utility On-Demand Software Platform. They are targeting SMBs in India and going to rock I guess.

I attended one of their beta sessions and it looks amazing platform where customers can develop their business software in few hours, if not in few days with ZERO IT knowledge.

]]> By: 70% of the Software You Build is Wasted (Part 1 of Series of Tool/Platform Rants) « SmoothSpan Blog http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-12638 70% of the Software You Build is Wasted (Part 1 of Series of Tool/Platform Rants) « SmoothSpan Blog Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:59:14 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-12638 [...] For SaaS companies, the tax is even higher.  At a perpetual software company, you install inside the firewall.  Many security issues for SaaS are taken for granted once you’re inside the firewall.  There is a lot of IT glue already in place to enforce things like password policies (it has to change every 90 days except when there is a Harvest Moon, there must be at least 13.5 characters, 1 of which is a symbol from the Greek alphabet, 3 of which are the square root of your Mother’s first pet’s name, yada, yada, yada) and to let other vendors shoulder some of the burden for things like monitoring whether the software is functioning properly.  As a SaaS vendor, you have to build all this glue that your perpetual peers take for granted.  Is it any wonder that the common wisdom has become that SaaS takes more investment capital? [...] […] For SaaS companies, the tax is even higher.  At a perpetual software company, you install inside the firewall.  Many security issues for SaaS are taken for granted once you’re inside the firewall.  There is a lot of IT glue already in place to enforce things like password policies (it has to change every 90 days except when there is a Harvest Moon, there must be at least 13.5 characters, 1 of which is a symbol from the Greek alphabet, 3 of which are the square root of your Mother’s first pet’s name, yada, yada, yada) and to let other vendors shoulder some of the burden for things like monitoring whether the software is functioning properly.  As a SaaS vendor, you have to build all this glue that your perpetual peers take for granted.  Is it any wonder that the common wisdom has become that SaaS takes more investment capital? […]

]]> By: Paul http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-8349 Paul Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:00:32 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-8349 Matt, I've just writen up a blog here at http://unreasonablemen.net/ based on some information i've just come accorss. Be really interested in your view. Paul Matt,

I’ve just writen up a blog here at http://unreasonablemen.net/ based on some information i’ve just come accorss. Be really interested in your view.

Paul

]]> By: En Avant » Blog Archive » SaaS business blog http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-5785 En Avant » Blog Archive » SaaS business blog Thu, 24 May 2007 15:38:05 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-5785 [...] The SaaS investment landscape [...] […] The SaaS investment landscape […]

]]> By: SaaS Blogs - » SaaS 101: The Benefits http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-4020 SaaS Blogs - » SaaS 101: The Benefits Wed, 02 May 2007 14:09:19 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-4020 [...] In my previous post, I made mention that the true sign of SaaS’s arrival is that it has garnered the sincere interest, and better yet dollars, of the investment community.  More people in a greater array of business roles are giving SaaS the ol’ thumbs up. [...] […] In my previous post, I made mention that the true sign of SaaS’s arrival is that it has garnered the sincere interest, and better yet dollars, of the investment community.  More people in a greater array of business roles are giving SaaS the ol’ thumbs up. […]

]]> By: mehnaz http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-4015 mehnaz Wed, 02 May 2007 12:56:07 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-4015 This article has some interesting information. I have been doing some research on SaaS and its future impact. Some industry strategists such as Sramama Mitra have even coined a term called Enterprise 3.0 which is a combination of the extended enterprise and SaaS. Do check it out <a href="http://sramanamitra.com/articles/enterprise-30-saas-ee/" rel="nofollow">Enterprise 3.0 = (SaaS + EE) by Sramana MitraMitra</a>. This article has some interesting information. I have been doing some research on SaaS and its future impact. Some industry strategists such as Sramama Mitra have even coined a term called Enterprise 3.0 which is a combination of the extended enterprise and SaaS. Do check it out Enterprise 3.0 = (SaaS + EE) by Sramana MitraMitra.

]]> By: Sahil Parikh http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-3930 Sahil Parikh Tue, 01 May 2007 08:55:30 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-3930 I was at the TiE Summit in Dec 2006 in India and didnt hear much about SaaS amongst the VC community! Hopefully 2007 will bring more attention to SaaS in India when more companies move up the value chain from being outsourced service providers to product developers. I was at the TiE Summit in Dec 2006 in India and didnt hear much about SaaS amongst the VC community! Hopefully 2007 will bring more attention to SaaS in India when more companies move up the value chain from being outsourced service providers to product developers.

]]> By: Dan http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-3682 Dan Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:58:56 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-3682 Thanks for the info Thanks for the info

]]> By: Tom Greenberg http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-3663 Tom Greenberg Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:11:11 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/04/27/the-saas-investment-landscape/#comment-3663 The SaaS model is the next big thing, and not only for CRM but for many other software appications. VCs should and must invest in the SaaS model, or they wil be left behind! The SaaS model is the next big thing, and not only for CRM but for many other software appications.

VCs should and must invest in the SaaS model, or they wil be left behind!

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