In a 2008 survey of companies NOT adopting SaaS, Forrester found 65 percent cited integration as their chief concern. A more recent statistic provided by Cast Iron revealed that 62 percent of IT executives say integration with non-SaaS applications is their number-one challenge with rolling out SaaS solutions.
Single-digit differences aside, clearly integration ranks as a major concern when companies look at SaaS. Despite this – or perhaps because of it – Forrester has predicted that integration offered as a service will be minimally successful.
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When it comes to SaaS, two key issues give companies pause: security and integration.
In a 2008 survey of companies NOT adopting SaaS, Forrester found 65 percent cited integration as their chief concern. A more recent statistic provided by Cast Iron revealed that 62 percent of IT executives say integration with non-SaaS applications is their number-one challenge with rolling out SaaS solutions.
Single-digit differences aside, clearly integration ranks as a major concern when companies look at SaaS. Despite this – or perhaps because of it – Forrester has predicted that integration offered as a service will be minimally successful.
When it comes to SaaS, two key issues give companies pause: security and integration.