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SaaS Market Analysis
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Fad or Fiction?
If you still think that SaaS is a passing phenomenon, you are both right and wrong. In our opinion, it is not going away but SaaS as we know it today will be totally different. It is here to stay because it is based on how software should be built in the first place. It is on center stage because major vendors like IBM and Microsoft are investing in it. |
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Market Shift
We anticipate interesting acquisitions or mergers like the recent Cisco's purchase of Reactivity. Expect collision of software development platforms like J2EE vs .Net. |
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Industry Analysts
Gartner
Microsoft
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Issues
- Outage - recent Salesforce.com outage posed interesting scenarios for possible damage claims.
- Data Integration with internal system - why bother? For example, Informatica to offer SaaS integration. Pervasive likewise.
- Who is your bedfellow for SaaS platform? This will determine agility for change and speed to market.
- Question of branding - how do you have your own web site and expect your customers to interact with you via another portal?
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Acquisitions
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