Is it a post-SaaS world yet?
Interesting to hear that Jive Software has avoided SaaS and have gone to offer a Private/Public Cloud for their Jive Express software (read here).
A Private cloud could be a good sell to enterprises whose primary concern is about ’security’ and ‘privacy’ but that does not mean that larger companies will not use SaaS. In fact, as the author has pointed out that “Salesforce, WorkDay and other vendors have demonstrated that enterprises will adopt SaaS despite concerns over security”.
Lets see how Jive Software’s strategy plays out.
I don’t think SaaS is threatened whatsoever. However, desktop products are. Since collaborators are more and more scattered around the globe, the Web tends to become THE workspace for most people.
I agree with you. The browser is the new OS.