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“What it Takes to be a SaaS Provider” - an interview with Mike Seckler


Below is a link to an interview conducted by Phil Wainewright with Mike Seckler, co-founder of Employease and Apprenda board member.  In the interview, Phil and Mike highlight some of the considerations and obstacles that ISVs must tackle to be truly successful.  The 8-minute podcast is well worth a listen for new ISVs and SaaS […]

What’s in a SaaS Version Release, Anyway?


One topic that is rarely addressed on blogs or in conversation is release management: the processes and science behind rolling out a new version of your SaaS offering. So imagine you’ve created the world’s next Salesforce.com: how do you plan on handling new releases? This question is stickier than it seems. There are a variety […]

A Chance at Practical Info for SaaS Companies


I recently came across an initiative named Coming of Age with SaaS that is co-sponsored by Microsoft and Mural Consulting. It’s a free webinar on December 16th that seems to cover a lot of practical ground related to a variety of SaaS topics ranging from product development to customer service, so I figured the SaaSblogs community might be […]

SaaSGrid Is Here!


I wanted to drop a quick note to everyone that today we’ve announced SaaSGrid’s public release. I wanted to thank everyone that is part of the SaaSBlogs community. I’ve had lots of interesting conversations (both online and offline) with readers. Many of those conversations directly have affected how we approached SaaSGrid as a technology and […]

Demystifying The Cloud: Where Do SaaS, PaaS and Other Acronyms Fit In?


I’m sure we can all agree that the number of acronyms and phrases related to online software keeps growing rather than shrinking. In order to make sense of it, we really need to focus on understanding where different concepts fit in from a big picture perspective. For example, I am often asked if Apprenda’s SaaSGrid […]