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Category Archives: SaaS Trends

Montclair Advisors – 2010 SaaS Hall of Fame

Given we are starting a new decade and many could argue that SaaS started in during the last ten years, I thought it would be appropriate to recognize leaders of the SaaS movement. Here are the winners of the MontclairRead more →

Ten Ways to Tame The High Cost Of SaaS Customer Acquisition

While walking through the exhibit area of Salesforce.com’s recent Dreamforce event in San Francisco, I was struck by large number of enterprise customers present and the low number of enterprise applications being marketed. I started to think about my experienceRead more →

Force.com Starts to Gain Momentum with Partners

Last week at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference, it was interesting to see how their Platform-as-a-Service offering, Force.com is starting to gain momentum among the Independent Software Vendor community including Computer Associates and BMC Software. What is clear for traditional software providersRead more →

Dreamforce: Latest Salesforce Announcement is Chatty

Last week at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference, the big news was around the launch of the new business collaboration set of platform capabilities called “Chatter”. After updating the audience on Service and Sales Cloud 2, which both had some really coolRead more →

Reflections From OracleWorld: Does Oracle Finally Get SaaS … Sort of, kind of, almost

When I was learning to drive many, many years ago, I remember my dad telling me to pay attention to not only where the other driver’s eyes were looking but also to where their wheels were pointed. So it wasRead more →

First Day: Oracle Open World 2009

Monday October 12th It has been several years since I went to my last Oracle User Group meeting, prior to them buying PeopleSoft, Siebel and BEA.  Here are my thoughts around the first day: The Keynote Charles Phillips and SafraRead more →

The Attributes That Define Cloud Computing Also Make It A Compelling Choice

While speaking at a recent meeting of the Silicon Valley Product Development Management Association, PDMA, I was struck by the uncertainty and confusion around the definition and implications of Cloud Computing. A quick poll of the audience, about 40 softwareRead more →

SaaS Providers Are Happy About Private Clouds

I often hear the question, “What is the difference between Software-as-a-Service and Cloud Computing?”  The answer is that the Cloud is a utility based resource that companies can use to deliver software and services.  This can sometimes even be moreRead more →

Will Oracle Really Take Over The SaaS Market?

After working at Oracle for almost five years in the early 90′s, I can tell you that when Larry sets his mind to something he usually gets it. Let’s take a trip down memory lane… It started by just plainRead more →

SaaS Perspectives: Managing in a Recession

I was listening to an interesting panel discussion at a recent SIIA show in San Francisco that a very good panel: Joe Talley, Partner at Deloitte who was the moderator; Ken Goldman CFO at Fortinet a large privately held firm and former CFO at Siebel; SandipRead more →

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