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What IT Executives Say About SaaS

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    Jessica Davis

    | Posted 2011-10-05
 
 
 
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More than 95 percent of organizations surveyed expect to maintain or increase their investments SaaS.
Need more proof that outsourcing of IT services, from software to platforms, is growing? A new Gartner report notes that worldwide platform as a service revenue is growing at a rapid clip, and another survey conducted by the firm says that a huge majority of organizations are investing in or planning to invest in software as a service. Gartner surveyed 525 organizations in nine countries spanning 12 vertical industries in June and July about their use and plans for SaaS in the months and years ahead. Here's a look at the breakdown.
 
 
Jessica Davis covers the channel for eWeek and Channel Insider. Her technology journalism career began well before anyone heard of the World Wide Web and has included stints at Infoworld, Electronic News/EDN, and the Philadelphia Business Journal. Her work has also appeared on CNN and Forbes.com. She has covered hardware, software and networking, as well as the business side of technology. She has won several journalism awards, including a national ASBPE award for best staff-written column, and was named Marketing Computers hardest working tech journalist on their inaugural list of top tech journalists. Jessica can be reached at jessica.davis@ziffdavisenterprise.com