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Research Reports
Great Expectations: SaaS Strategies in the Finance Organization
The report presents data, analysis, and recommendations from two research programs: Saugatuck’s 2008 annual web survey of user executives’ SaaS and business strategies and activity; and an additional 2008 web survey of Finance executives, conducted by Saugatuck in partnership with the Finance Executives Research Foundation
(FERF). The research also includes interviews with survey participants and leading SaaS providers.
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Transition to SaaS: An ISV Cookbook
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is increasingly considered “enterprise grade” by many IT buyers, and a viable choice to achieve reduced costs, improved service, and ongoing timely functional currency. As a result, many established independent software vendors (ISVs) are faced with strategic questions that will determine the future of their companies: Will buyers continue to purchase and deploy new perpetual licensed-based software? Should our company begin developing SaaS-based offerings? – If so, when? What is the best roadmap to follow to “SaaS-ify” my business?
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Power, Speed and Assimilation: Open Source Changes the Industry, and the Industry Changes Open Source
To understand how and why so much change happened so quickly, we delved deeply into the business and technology strategies of open source and traditional software vendors. We interviewed strategists and product development executives, as well as leaders of key open source communities. We spoke with user IT executives about their software adoption and management experiences, and analyzed data from our user surveys from 2005 through 2008.
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Different Wavelengths:
SMBs, Change, and SaaS Adoption
The most aggressive SaaS adopters are small
and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). But SMB SaaS adoption is
not what it seems. Providers are missing their targets, even
while SaaS changes core SMB business and infrastructure
strategies. Saugatuck’s new study of acquisition,
adoption, and management focuses on challenges unique to
smaller firms - and to SaaS providers.
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