December 2007 Archives

Much of the IT media watched with interest last week as SaaS based ERP provider NetSuite went forth with its initial public offering. The IPO had been long awaited and was the subject of much anticipation by media analysts. The... Read More..

Every company needs market intelligence at some point, and on-demand market intelligence is an idea that makes sense. One company that offers these services is Seattle, Wa.-based QL2 Software. QL2 CEO Glenn Hasen recently joined me to offer some insight... Read More..

In ebizQ's recent SOA in Action virtual conference, panelists Joe McKendrick, Dana Gardner, and Phil Wainewright engaged in an interesting discussion on how SOA and Web 2.0 relate with regard to mashups, SaaS, and collaboration. All the panelists made interesting... Read More..

Gian Trotta of ebizQ recently interviewed Lyndsay Wise, a BI market commentator, in a neat podcast about how business intelligence is making a big mark on the midmarket. In the podcast, Wise and Trotta go over the literal explosion of... Read More..

The media is abuzz with speculation over the upcoming IPO of NetSuite, a leading SaaS provider of accounting, ERP CRM, and other e-commerce software. The IPO is scheduled for next Wednesday, December 19. According to vnunet the California based firm,... Read More..

IDC has issued a release about an upcoming IDC study that predicts that the SaaS delivery mode will have a big impact on the partnering landscape. In its recent survey, IDC found that partners were optimistic about SaaS and wanted... Read More..

BEA has announced phase one of what it calls "Project Genesis," an effort that it says will enable dynamic business applications for the ISV community. With this effort, BEA hopes to simplify the process of creating and releasing dynamic business... Read More..

A press release from Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. highlights the risk that SaaS applications may face from phishing, pointing to a November incident in which a SalesForce.com was tricked into revealing a customer contact list. In its press release,... Read More..

On Computing SA, Richard Firth of MIP Holdings has posted one of the best summaries I've seen of why so many companies are leaping toward SaaS. In the article, Firth lists five key points that make SaaS appealing to businesses,... Read More..

According to an opinion piece posted on the Seeking Alpha blog, MGI Research thinks so. The analyst firm weighs in on predictions of a recession or economic slow-down and how that might affect emerging SaaS companies, pointing out that in... Read More..

Goldman Sachs is favoring the idea that SaaS companies may be responsible for hurting the profits of on-premise software vendors, says a new article in InternetNews.com. The first last week downgraded numerous software companies from "attractive" to "neutral" and reduced... Read More..