SaaS Blogs

I had the pleasure of reading a Structure 2010 follow up article written by Stephen Lawson titled “VMware’s Maritz: OSes are having their jobs stolen.” In it, Lawson outlines VMWare’s CEO Paul Maritz’ position that modern applications are relying on frameworks farther up on the stack for abstract services that used to be provided by the operating […]

When my partners and I co-founded Apprenda, we had a number of very specific goals when it came to SaaS enablement and we wanted SaaSGrid to embody those goals. My co-founders and I all came from technical backgrounds where we were responsible for SaaS engineering efforts. We learned early on that when a SaaS application […]

I wanted to share a quick note with all SaaSBlogs readers regarding Apprenda. You may have noticed that I haven’t been my prolific writing self as of late, but with good reason! Apprenda is a venture capital backed company, and I was very busy raising another round of funding which can definitely sap your time […]

As many of you know, SaaSBlogs is written and maintained by the creators of SaaSGrid.  We have a few events coming up next week, and we thought you’d be interested:
Going From SaaS Product Idea to Paying Customers in Under 6 Months (WEBINAR)
When: September 25th, 2009 at 1:00PM EDT
Where: Register Here!
This will be a great event.  You’ll […]

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, […]

If you’re an ISV considering SaaS as a delivery model (whether it’s for a new product or migrating an existing one), you’re going to inevitably bump into SaaS platforms as a potential means of building your service. Once you do, you’re presented with two options: (1) build a fully integrated SaaS offering yourself which includes your actual […]

Hi everyone,
We had a great turnout last week for the webinar, and a number of people have asked if they could get access to the recording, so here it is. I’ve also compiled a list of some of the question from the Q&A session here, along with the answers.
Q&A
Q: We have our app completed, but are […]

On March 19th at 12:00pm CST, Apprenda will be teaming up with Scio Consulting for a live webinar focused on SaaS transitions for ISVs. 
From questions like “Where do we start?” to “How will our operations be different?”, we’ll be providing clear answers and focusing on the choices and challenges ISVs face when migrating their existing […]

Coghead’s departure from the PaaS world sparked plenty of interesting debate. One small debate that caught my attention started on Phil Wainewright’s post about Coghead’s demise with a comment by Microsoft’s Eugenio Pace, which then spilled into a post Eugenio wrote here.
To give a brief synopsis, Phil argues that Coghead’s demise and the subsequent stranding of […]

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 […]