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"This coming 'services wave' will be very disruptive…Services designed to scale to tens or hundreds of millions will dramatically change the nature and cost of solutions deliverable to enterprises or small businesses.”

--From an internal memo from Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, October 30, 2005.

More Views on SaaS and Cloud Computing

Why does SaaS and Cloud Computing Matter? Click here to hear THINKstrategies' Managing Director, Jeff Kaplan's brief overview regarding the forces driving the SaaS and Cloud Computing market, or here to find more industry presentations.

Here are more of our perspectives on SaaS and Cloud Computing: 

E-Commerce Times: Look for New Shapes in the Clouds in 2011, 12/10/10 

Datamation: The Five E's of Effective Cloud Computing Management in 2011, 12/06/10 

Datamation: Cloud Computing or 'Cloud-Washing'? 11/16/10 

E-Commerce Times: Here Comes a New Generation of Cloud IT Analytics, 11/12/10 

Datamation: How SaaS and Cloud Computing are Transforming Education, 10/19/10

E-Commerce Times: Debunking the SaaS Sales Model Myth, 10/08/10

Datamation: Cloud Computing - Small, Big Players Cooperate, 10/06/10

SandHill.com: How Do You Measure the Economic Value of the Cloud? 09/22/10

E-Commerce Times: The Pitfalls of Predicting the Future, 09/10/10 

Datamation: Business Processes Transformed by SaaS, 09/07/10

E-Commerce Times: The Nexus Between Open Source and the Cloud, 08/13/10

Datamation: Cloud Computing's Effect on the Hosting Industry, 07/27/10

E-Commerce Times: The Cloud's Answer to the Knowledge Management Challenge, 07/09/10

Datamation: How Cloud Computing Helps Mine User Data, 06/23/10 
 
E-Commerce Times: The New Social Business Model: Reaping the Benefits of Online Communities, 06/11/10

Datamation: Cloud Computing 2.0 and the Changing IT Manager, 06/07/10

InformationWeek: Getting Ready for Cloud Computing 2.0, 05/24/10

E-Commerce Times: How to Make the Cloud Enterprise-Ready: It's the Support, Stupid! 05/14/10 

Datamation: Ten Reasons to Use SaaS, 04/21/10

E-Commerce Times: The Reinvention of the Cloud Computing Reseller, 04/09/10

Datamation: SaaS Survey Reveals Real World Experience, 03/29/10

E-Commerce Times: The SaaSification of IT Management, 03/12/10 

Datamation: Are SaaS/Cloud Computing Vendors Offering Questionable Contracts? 03/08/10  

Sandhill.com: Complex Times Demand Simpler Solutions, 02/16/10 

E-Commerce Times: Microsoft Poised to Regain Momentum in 2010, 02/12/10 

Datamation: Using the Cloud to Guard Against Vendor Lock-In, 02/03/10  

Datamation: It's Time for IT Managers to Adopt Cloud Computing, 01/12/10  

E-Commerce Times: 2010's Key Challenges and Opportunities in the Clouds, 01/08/10 

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