Comments on CIO's Guide to Cloud Computing and On-Demand | Appirio: Lawson CEO: "Traditional software is like cocaine ...

For new implementations, I will agree that SaaS do...

2009-05-18T07:03:00.000-07:00

For new implementations, I will agree that SaaS doesn't make fundamental problems like data integrity, gaps between the application and a client's current business process, and the like go away. Still, to the extent that the bread and butter of Lawson and other vendors has been "buy and support", SaaS should scare them. I think that it's way too premature to dismiss SaaS.

Phil Simon
www.philsimonsystems.com

I like Lawson's CEO. Just as I like the Iraqi ...

2008-09-02T20:29:00.000-07:00

I like Lawson's CEO. Just as I like the Iraqi Information Minister.

http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/

Favourite quotes from the information minister when the US mounted their attacks:

"I triple guarantee you, there are no American soldiers in Baghdad."

"They're not even [within] 100 miles [of Baghdad]. They are not in any
place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion ... they are
trying to sell to the others an illusion."

"Today I have visited whole Baghdad city, no invaders found. You go and see how we have ousted them from this city. They are cying outside and waiting to receive bullets. They will be killed shortly."

@Dan D - I don't think anyone is arguing that secret sauce *is* the delivery model itself.

By Dan D. Gutierrez
CEO of HostedDatabase.com
2008-08-29T17:11:00.000-07:00
By Dan D. Gutierrez
CEO of HostedDatabase.com

Mr. Debes makes astute observations about the SaaS industry. He is correct that the success of an SaaS offering depends more on how good the software is not its delivery model.

My firm launched the web's first Database-as-a-Service in 1999, a time when SaaS was brand new and most companies were wary about software in the cloud.

Fast forward nearly 10 years, and many of the same issues are being debated. The difference is that with successful vendors like Salseforce.com, the industry has role models. ASP never had any.

I think he is right - SaaS is just ASP in new clot...

2008-08-28T09:18:00.000-07:00

I think he is right - SaaS is just ASP in new clothes and Virtualization is just multi-tasking mainframes running on smaller machines. Hybrid cars are just cars with batteries in them.

SaaS fad will end in two years. Virtualization too. And we will all be driving Hummers again.