SaaS
Gartner's Cloudy Forecast
This Tuesday, Gartner released the report “Forecast Analysis: Software as a Service, Worldwide, 2009-2014.” In a press release also put out by Gartner, the report is summarized, and it includes some findings that are promising, but not surprising.
A few highlights from the report:
1. “An increasing number of enterprises are using a variety of SaaS applications from multiple vendors that were procured and deployed without participation from IT, creating management issues and challenges.”
Try Before You Buy
Sounds too good to be true and often is. Many companies claim they let you try before you buy, however how many really let you TRY? The retail industry lets you try clothes on before buying, however how many national retailers (with the exception of Nordstrom) will let you remove the tags, wear the clothes and return them no questions asked? Not many. The auto industry lets you take a new car for a test drive, but dealerships don’t let you crash the car to see the responsiveness of the service department. Do they?
It is great to be a part of the SaaS industry that embraces the try before you buy philosophy. As Chris and Matt mentioned in a recent podcast, there is no such thing as a free lunch in the SaaS industry.
TrackVia Podcast: SaaS Tips and Considerations
It has been a big week in which software-as-a-service has been in the headlines with the recent Gmail outage and Coghead’s announcement that they would be shutting their doors. In this podcast TrackVia founders, Chris Basham and Matt McAdams share some tips for companies considering software as a service (SaaS) including:
- Look at the price that the service charges and see if it is a sustainable price.
