We firmly believe SaaS is extremely effective and is here for the long term - it has only just begun to realize its potential.
SaaS is considered a 'disruptive technology' - it changes the way technology providers, systems integrators and large scale IT departments have to operate.
Before you can fully appreciate the potential of SaaS you must first understand the total costs associated with on-premise deployments and the reasons why many programs failed over time.
Yes and No.
No - If you are looking for CRM, ERP, HR, Office Automation, Marketing Automation - solutions are available that are more compelling than the competing on-premise offerings.
Yes - If you want to build a real time trading system or conduct complex data analytics.
The simple fact is that SaaS implementation $'s are far lower than the on-premise $'s projects.
We will see an uptake of the BIG firms in 2007 as the SaaS solutions become even more customizable and the eco-system expands to integration technologies.
In the near future we will experience the ability to write custom code that is completely complementary to the core hosted application. That means the custom code will be hosted by the vendors. Integration providers are beginning to move to this model as well.
Salesforce.com for example has made huge progress on this front over the past 2 years. Consider what is possible now - clients and partners can create specific functions using sControls (AJAX) and data model definition changes, while still maintaining the value positioning of the hosted solution.
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Our information is sourced from our project experience with Fortune 500 clients, our technology partnerships, internal R&D and market research.
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