Tag: SaaS
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SAP Makes a Bigger Line-of-Business Bet
With line-of-business executives exercising more influence over the acquisition of applications than ever, there is a clear need to alter the way many vendors take their products to market. With a heavy focus on the way IT professionals think about applications, many app vendors and their solution provider partners are finding it challenging to market… Read more
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Cloud Revenue of Hosting Service Providers to Pick Up Steam
Categories: Tech AnalysisCloud Revenue of Hosting Service Providers to Pick Up Steam Hosting Provider Strategies to Leverage the Cloud 64%: offer cloud infrastructure, 64%: provide service excellence, 53%: global expansion, 48%: better position reseller channel, 47%: cut prices Hosting Providers Garner Healthy ROI 75% of hosting service providers are positive about the impact of the cloud on… Read more
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The Cloud Moves Ahead, but Isn’t Fully Mature
The Cloud Moves Ahead, but Isn’t Fully Mature Shifting Cloud Trends More than six in 10 cloud users have made secondary shifts in their infrastructure or applications after their transition to the cloud. Roughly 10% to 15% have made only one move, which may include shifting from a public to a private cloud, switching providers… Read more
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SaaS and the Channel: The Hidden Perils
Categories: Cloud ComputingSaaS Market Growth Through 2015 SaaS market is expected to grow 16.8 percent this year. 2012 – $14.3 billion, 2013 – $16.7 billion, 2014 – $18.9 billion, 2015 – $21.3 billion Read more
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SAP Pushes the Channel Toward the Cloud
SAP is seeking to get closer to channel partners that are making the transition to the cloud sooner rather than later. While SAP still values partners that resell traditional software and hardware, the rate at which customers are moving to the cloud has the company looking for partners that can push adoption of everything from… Read more
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Managed Security Services Gain Momentum
By Ericka Chickowski Traditional security vendors and managed security service providers (MSSP) vied for attention at the Gartner Security Summit. The spate of announcements made at this event should underscore for channel partners the momentum behind security services and cloud deployments in the security niche, which has traditionally held on to on-premise models longer than… Read more