Lots of talk about issues surrounding SaaS/cloud on the ebizQ blogosphere this week and last. Ted Cuzillo started off the discussion with his post "The Real Reason for the SaaS Ascendancy." Quick preview:
"Mark Albala witnessed something through a client that helps explain the cloud's ascent: The client bought a $25,000 product, and got a bill from their technology group of almost $150,000 to install it. The client's response: 'What is this s---?' They're now seriously considering SaaS."
Says Albala: "[SaaS] is not catching on because it's cheaper. It's not catching on because it's more efficient. It's catching on because companies are tired of dealing with these technology groups."
Over at his blog Cloud Talk, Andre Yee vents about his "pet peeve": industry analysts and pundits talking about SaaS/cloud computing vendors as if they're all the same.
But they're not, argues Yee. "In a hot, emerging space like cloud computing, you have a number of suppliers falling into three primary categories," he writes. Click here to learn the three categories Yee defines.
"It turns out that size and brand value alone are not enough to assure the safety of your data when stored in the cloud," writes Phil Wainewright on his blog this morning. He brings up Microsoft's announcement last week that it may have lost all user data stored on T-Mobile's Sidekick service.
If we can't even rely on Microsoft and T-Mobile with our data in the cloud, then who can we trust? Wainewright identifies three key questions we should be asking about cloud providers.
The discussion continues on the ebizQ Forum: Can Traditional Vendors Be Trusted With SaaS? Tell us your opinion in the comments section below, or head on over to the Forum.
"Mark Albala witnessed something through a client that helps explain the cloud's ascent: The client bought a $25,000 product, and got a bill from their technology group of almost $150,000 to install it. The client's response: 'What is this s---?' They're now seriously considering SaaS."
Says Albala: "[SaaS] is not catching on because it's cheaper. It's not catching on because it's more efficient. It's catching on because companies are tired of dealing with these technology groups."
Over at his blog Cloud Talk, Andre Yee vents about his "pet peeve": industry analysts and pundits talking about SaaS/cloud computing vendors as if they're all the same.
But they're not, argues Yee. "In a hot, emerging space like cloud computing, you have a number of suppliers falling into three primary categories," he writes. Click here to learn the three categories Yee defines.
"It turns out that size and brand value alone are not enough to assure the safety of your data when stored in the cloud," writes Phil Wainewright on his blog this morning. He brings up Microsoft's announcement last week that it may have lost all user data stored on T-Mobile's Sidekick service.
If we can't even rely on Microsoft and T-Mobile with our data in the cloud, then who can we trust? Wainewright identifies three key questions we should be asking about cloud providers.
The discussion continues on the ebizQ Forum: Can Traditional Vendors Be Trusted With SaaS? Tell us your opinion in the comments section below, or head on over to the Forum.
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