tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post8279118661511117917..comments2024-01-31T09:09:55.123-08:00Comments on Lubor On Tech: To SaaS or Not To SaaSLubor Ptacekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08543751955416339809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-83533514472148799052010-12-07T11:07:43.228-08:002010-12-07T11:07:43.228-08:00A solid examination and assessment of the factors....A solid examination and assessment of the factors. Once the security and other barriers recede, I believe there will truly be an explosion of these...and they will be creating even more content which remains in the cloud...more thoughts at http://jameslatham.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-13297510451465974782010-12-07T08:20:49.841-08:002010-12-07T08:20:49.841-08:00Good read Lubor. I agree with your position that ...Good read Lubor. I agree with your position that SF.com may not exactly be 'mission critical.' The thing that always struck me about their success in the SaaS market is that their very being kind of dispels some of the concerns about security. A company's detailed customer information is arguably one of their most valuable and prized assets. Yet, of all the SaaS solutions to become most popular (sans email) much of corporate america seems to have no issue with shipping off valuable CRM data to the cloud and trusting a 3rd party with keeping it safe from prying eyes.Todd Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281788623687088509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850103531860448581.post-31977633529944460552010-12-07T08:19:04.170-08:002010-12-07T08:19:04.170-08:00What makes this decision particularly challenging ...What makes this decision particularly challenging today is that these concerns cannot be easily separated. It does not have to be this way. SaaS vendors do not necessarily have to do the hosting themselves and could license the intellectual property independently from the cost of hosting the software. This will allow large companies to host the software internally, maintaining full control over data security, availability, etc. For legacy apps, introducing a SaaS option may mean as little as changing the licensing model and adding a third-party hosted option to make it more cost-effective for small and medium-sized businesses. How exactly this will play out will be determined by a combination of market forces and technical innovation and it is hard to predict. This makes SaaS one of the most exciting things to follow these days.Ferenc Mihalynoreply@blogger.com