Bursts on the exploding Software As A Service Industry

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.

Another good article on how cloud computing will change business. I think there is some overlap between SaaS and Cloud but overall, businesses are going to be consuming software through the Internet - whether its in sales, product development, marketing, communication, collaboration or support.