“future of software” panel at our InformationWeek 500 conference offered several fresh insights into why the software-as-a-service landscape is changing. Here are four.
1. Board of Directors support: “Before the boards were asking ‘What’s this SaaS thing?’” said Ray Wang, consultant with Altimeter Group. ..Now, they’re saying ‘Why aren’t you doing something in the cloud?’- Woe to any CIO who pitches a big IT investment without addressing the cloud option.
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SaaS marks a new era and only “a fraction of the very large enterprise software companies will make the shift. Most will become maintenance houses.”
“future of software” panel at our InformationWeek 500 conference offered several fresh insights into why the software-as-a-service landscape is changing. Here are four.
1. Board of Directors support: “Before the boards were asking ‘What’s this SaaS thing?’” said Ray Wang, consultant with Altimeter Group. ..Now, they’re saying ‘Why aren’t you doing something in the cloud?’- Woe to any CIO who pitches a big IT investment without addressing the cloud option.
SaaS marks a new era and only “a fraction of the very large enterprise software companies will make the shift. Most will become maintenance houses.”