The predominant benefit in 2009 from cloud computing was access to less expensive computing power and availability of more SaaS based solutions. But how will solutions providers make money from cloud and SaaS offerings in 2010? Here are some clues.
During 2009, VARs that promoted on-premise solutions were challenged to redefine their value-add since much of [...]
1. SaaS will continue to grow in acceptance and prevalence in the marketplace but – the term itself will fade in favor of “Cloud (insert your term).” There is no end of analysts predicting the continued growth in 2010 of SaaS as a business model for software vendors and a positive direction for software users. [...]
When we think about software-as-a-service (SaaS), we tend to envision large-scale services such as Salesforce.com. After all, the conventional wisdom is that for providers to make money, they need scale. But much of that conventional wisdom will be turned on its head in 2010.
More targeted SaaS application environments will evolve with the availability of ready-made [...]
Korea Leaps on Cloud Computing Bandwagon
The government will spend around 200 billion won (about $172 million) next year for a number of ambitious Web-based computing projects to help the technology industry create more demand for their nascent cloud services, officials said Tuesday.
Cloud computing, the latest buzzwords in the technology sector, describes a new era of [...]