Author Archives for Abe Sultan
The Role of VARs in SaaS
I just got back from Las Vegas from having participated in a panel for CompTIA Breakaway 2009 where the focus of the panel was on the role that VARs can play in the SaaS space.
First I need to get something off my chest that has been boiling inside of me since my first few conversations […]
The True Value of Cloud Computing
Two weeks ago I had the honor to be invited to participate at a small panel at Structure09 in San Francisco CA next to Matt Mullenberg founder of Wordpress, Robert Miggins VP of Business Development at Peer1 and Geir Magnusson Jr. consulting architect at the Gilt Groupe.
The topic of the panel was about the effects of running […]
Speaking at Structure 09 on June 25th
Just a quick note to all readers, I’m going to be at the Structure 09 conference next week in San Francisco participating in a panel discussion titled “Hosting Cloud On Commodity Hardware“. If you are in the Bay area and are planning to be at the conference, make sure to pin me down to talk some […]
Not All Clouds Are Created Equal…
Just a quick note: I just published an article in Datamation titled “How to Be a Cloud Computing Vendor”. The article focuses on clarifying the jargon that exists on using Cloud Computing Providers as substitutes to SaaS Platforms.
Check it out and let me know what you think!
Cheers
Abe
PS: If you’d like to mingle with others in the SaaS space, […]
Join the SaaSBlogs LinkedIn Group!
Dear Readers,
We’ve established a LinkedIn group called SaaSBlogs. LinkedIn is a networking site for professionals and the purpose of this group is to extend the SaaSBlogs community and provide a place for further discussion and knowledge sharing amongst SaaS entusiasts. We welcome you to join by following this link, and based on the comments seen here on SaaSBlogs, […]
Happy Holidays to all SaaSBlogs readers
As the year winds up it’s always good to analyze how things turned out; we normally look into the past, compare the present and prepare for the future. It’s never good to wonder without ever checking if you are in the right path and thanks to the feedback from many of you, things are turning […]
SaaS 101: The Drawbacks
A while back I wrote an article called “SaaS 101: The Benefits” in which I discussed some of the benefits of the SaaS model for end users and software vendors alike. Of course, where there’s a yin there’s a yang, and so this article (a long time coming, we know) will explore the other side of the coin.
For the Customer & End […]
SaaS 101: The Benefits
In Matt’s previous post, he 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.
We’ve established that the pursuit of SaaS is on the minds of *almost* everyone, but what is it […]


