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SaaS 101: The Benefits


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.
We’ve established that the pursuit of SaaS is on the minds of *almost* everyone, but what […]

The SaaS Investment Landscape


Although many in the SaaS-choir have long since been sold on SaaS, it seems that venture capitalists are finally joining us.  Existing firms are padding their portfolios with SaaS companies.  More interesting, though, is the fact that firms are forming with core strategies focused on SaaS investment.  Why is this?  Perhaps the most definitive evidence comes from market research […]

Get Ready for SaaS, says Gartner


Via Business Two Zero, here is a press release recently issued by Gartner titled Gartner Says Service Providers Must Prepare Now for the Software as a Service Wave. The release opens with numbers: The worldwide SaaS market reached $6.3 billion in 2006, with a forecast of growth to $19.3 billion by year-end 2011.
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