"SaaS" Articles & Interviews

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1. Project Portfolio Management Helps City of Tacoma Get Priorities in Order

   [ Article ] Topic: Project Management | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 06/10/2009

   In many organizations, IT functions something like a stealth bomber -- an effective piece of machinery that lots of folks never even see. That was the case for the City of Tacoma, Wash . “Work was being done on a regular basis but we couldn’t quantify it,” says Bradd Busick, manager of Change...

2. Web 2.0 Gives Birth to Twins

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Web Applications | Author: Clark Atwood | Date Published: 08/08/2007

   Web 2.0 is often regarded as the migration of applications from the Local Area Network (LAN) and desktop to the Internet as Web-based applications accessible, generally, via an Internet browser. Hosted providers have sprung up like weeds in the software sector. Providers offering Customer...

3. Embracing Tokenization: Payment Without Pain

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Data Security | Author: LarryWine | Date Published: 10/02/2009

   Today, it’s expected that merchants accept electronic payments. It’s more than expected that those payments are secure. No data leaks or breaches of any kind. The reality is many companies don’t truly understand the security vulnerabilities that electronic payments present…...

4. Virtual Appliances Marry Benefits of Hardware, Software

   [ Article ] Topic: Hardware | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 11/06/2007

   Many network admins have yearned for an approach to enterprise applications that would marry the benefits of hardware and software . But that hasn't been possible -- at least not until now. As Kevin Tolly, president of networking consulting firm The Tolly Group, writes in Network World ,...

5. Prediction Markets Add Employee Input to Business Forecasts

   [ Article ] Topic: Business Intelligence | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 10/29/2008

   Does anyone in your organization listen to the opinions of employees below the middle-management level? Are those employees willing to offer opinions? For many organizations, the answer is no, on at least one count, if not both. Gaining insight from heretofore-untapped internal resources is one...

6. Customer Relationship Management in SMBs

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: CRM Solutions | Author: AnalystPerspectives | Date Published: 03/03/2008

   We are pleased to be partnering with Analyst Perspectives and offering an excerpt of their high valued content. Click here to download the full report.    Large enterprises have recognized the benefits of CRM and have been using CRM software and solutions for the last 10 years. SMBs have also...

7. IT on a Shoestring: Stop Paying for Commoditized Technologies

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Cost Containment | Author: JSchwan | Date Published: 05/07/2009

   Tough times make you think hard about what you still can accomplish with fewer resources. But what about the resources you have yet to tap into? When it comes to IT, there are a multitude of low-cost and free resources available. The question is, which ones are worth considering? What low-cost...

8. Replacing Spreadsheets with Task-Specific Software

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Spreadsheets | Author: VentanaResearch | Date Published: 05/22/2009

   Take Using spreadsheets causes problems in many collaborative enterprise activities, our benchmark research reveals. One way to eliminate them is to replace your spreadsheets in a given process or functional area with an application dedicated to the particular task. The ability to manage the...

9. Multi-Tenant Architecture and the Marketing Machine

   [ Article ] Topic: Enterprise Software Vendors | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 05/31/2007

   Some folks -- including the SVP of a software-as-a-service provider who wrote this Supply & Demand Chain Executive article -- like to push multi-tenant architecture (MTA) as a defining characteristic of "true" SaaS vs. a hosted model of software delivery, which can be delivered via either a...

10. Take Advantage of How Software Suppliers Use the Channel

    [ Article ] Topic: Enterprise Software Vendors | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/14/2008

    The first article in this series points out the plusses and minuses of the different channels software/service suppliers use. Even if a channel partner will worry about such issues for you, it is important for you to understand them. The conventional wisdom is that software suppliers want...

11. Taking an All-or-Nothing Approach to SaaS

    [ Article ] Topic: SaaS | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 01/13/2009

    Interest in software-as-a-service appears to be growing in much of the world, with a recent Gartner survey showing that 77 percent of North American companies plan to increase their SaaS deployments and 64 percent of European companies plan to do so. One of the most interesting takeaways from...

12. Despite Criticism, ERP Vendors Satisfying Their Customers

    [ Article ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 02/16/2009

    ERP suppliers in general are taking a lot of criticism in the economic downturn for under-delivering functionality, overcharging for subscription maintenance, and moving too slowly to software-as-a-service (SaaS). But do you feel that way about your ERP supplier? Probably not. IT Investment...