Dortch on SaaS & Cloud Computing: The Blog!

I have been convinced for years that software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based solutions can be a powerful contributor to competitive agility for a growing range of businesses. But there are a lot of so-called "SaaS solutions" out there that are neither. This blog explores how to differentiate true SaaS from psuedo-SaaS, and how SaaS can demonstrably, measurably improves business performance and responsiveness and user satisfaction while reducing costs for users and providers!

Monday, August 3, 2009

10 Signs that It May be Time to Consider Software as a Service (SaaS)

Greetings, and many apologies -- it's been a hectic past couple of months, and I'm now neck-deep in a consulting engagement that I'm hoping turns into a full-time job soon. Said engagement is with Focus (http://www.focus.com), which aims to help buyers of business technologies to make better, more considered purchase decisions. Anyway, I've just published my first piece of contributed Focus research, "10 Signs that It May be Time to Consider Software as a Service (SaaS)," and would be extremely grateful if you were to visit the Focus Web site to read it. It's at http://www.focus.com/ugr/how-to/hosting-bandwidth/10-signs-it-may-be-time-consider-software-service-saas/. Many thanks, and more soon, I promise!