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Five Myths About SaaS

A recent CIO Magazine article is worth a read:

Five Myths About SaaS

"Despite a growing track record of success, software as a service is still misunderstood by a surprising number of IT and business decision-makers. It's time to put to rest some misconceptions about SaaS. Let's bust the five most common myths."

Myth No. 1: SaaS is a peripheral trend.
Myth No. 2: SaaS offers just one type of application.
Myth No. 3: SaaS just offers skinnier versions of more sophisticated applications.
Myth No. 4: SaaS is less reliable and less secure than on-premises applications.
Myth No. 5: IT professionals are uniformly opposed to SaaS.

Read the whole article.

We're seeing many great SaaS stories - with the attendant savings of up to 50% in TCO - in our cient base at SirsiDynix. It's interesting to see library systems and consortia use the technology to meet their budgeting needs in this economy.

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).