SaaS Blogs

Uri Lederman of Konverge recently published an excellent post that maps the internal machinations of a non-SaaS ISV to those of a SaaS ISV. The key takeaway from that post is that the move from non-SaaS to SaaS is not only a revenue and model change, but also an operational change for ISVs. On various […]

Eugenio Pace from Microsoft’s SaaS Architecture Team published a great webcast describing the potential relationship between ISVs and hosters and how a SaaS platform fits in. It’s worth the watch. One of the major takeaways from the video is that a good platform marginalizes an ISVs efforts involving things like multi-tenancy, onboarding of new customers, monetization, […]

I bumped into a brief but impactful article by Renee Boucher Ferguson titled “ISVs Snub Salesforce’s Force.com Platform“. The post basically summarized a situation that occurred after OpSource’s SaaS Summit. Following a panel discussion on SaaS platforms, ZDNet’s SaaS blogger Phil Wainewright conducted a brief poll of about 250 software vendors asking the following questions (paraphrased):

How many people […]

It’s common place to equate Software as a Service with CRM, HR, or other “business function” style implementations. Although these implementations are not simple by any means, they generally do not require the computational rigor of an offering that performs complex mathematical analysis or photorealistic 3D rendering. In fact, it’s rare to hear that a […]

I like a good mystery just as much as the next guy, and this story’s got it all.  If you haven’t got the time or interest to read the whole forum thread, here’s the synopsis:  Jatol.com (no hyperlink provided because of said mystery), a notable web hosting company seemingly popular with development crowds has simply […]

A little over a month ago, there was a good post over at UnreasonableMen.net (with a follow up over a SmoothSpan) which highlighted egregious sales & marketing costs incurred by SaaS companies. The concerning thing is that SaaS pundits and ISVs state that subscriptions are easier to sell than perpetual licenses, yet we see these massive expenses. […]