Tag: SaaS

  • Box.net Looks For Collaboration Across the Channel

    Box.net Looks For Collaboration Across the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    On one hand, Box.net is a software as a service (SaaS) application in the cloud, so many solution providers resent the company because it moves an application to shared infrastructure in the cloud rather than running it on-premise using dedicated systems provided by the solution provider. On the other hand, however, Box.net adds another application… Read more

  • SaaS Adoption Hindered by Integration Fears: Report

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Integration is the most common hurdle in the sales process for software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud providers, according to a recent study by strategic consulting services company ThinkStrategies and cloud integration provider MuleSoft. Almost 90 percent of respondents consider integration to be important or extremely important in winning new customers, found the study, which focused on… Read more

  • SaaS Growing More Popular With SMBs: Report

    Channel Insider Staff

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    As more workers become mobile-enabled, the mobile software-as-a-service (SaaS) market is evolving, with more small to medium-size business employees using smartphones with data plans–and other wireless devices–to further improve productivity and worker mobility, according to Strategy Analytics Wireless Enterprise Strategies’ latest report, "Why Mobile SMBs Are Opening Doors to Software-as-a-Service to Increase Productivity and Efficiency."… Read more

  • What IT Executives Say About SaaS

    What IT Executives Say About SaaS

    Jessica Davis

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    What IT Executives Say About SaaS More than 95 percent of organizations surveyed expect to maintain or increase their investments SaaS. No Title More than one-third of organizations have migration projects under way from on-premises to SaaS. No Title Respondents cited ease and speed of deployment and cost-effectiveness as the top two reasons for adoption.… Read more

  • SaaS CRM Market Set to Triple by 2015: AMI Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Cloud-based business applications are garnering considerable attention from U.S. small to midsize businesses, according to AMI-Partners’ latest U.S. SMB Cloud Services Study. The software-as-a-service customer relationship management market—already representing 570,000 U.S. SMB firms—is set to undergo double-digit year-over-year growth in the next five years, the report projected. During this period, spending on SaaS CRM will… Read more

  • Salesforce.com Buys SaaS Encryption Provider Navajo Systems

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    New encryption technology at Salesforce.com may ease customer concerns about data security in the cloud. The software as a service (SaaS) giant quietly acquired Navajo Systems, an Israeli cloud security encryption vendor earlier this month, Salesforce.com told eWEEK Aug. 26. The company will announce the acquisition and provide more details on its product plans next… Read more