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| Software as a Service (SaaS) starts looking more viable. Our Software as a Service Prep Guide includes everything a VAR or systems integrator needs to start learning about Software as a Service -- from basic overviews and challenges in the enterprise to vendors selling the software and how to best support the software. |
What is Software as a service?
- Definition: Software as a service
More likely sooner than later your customers will ask what is Software as a Service and why should they use it to meet business needs? Having the answers to these questions and the knowledge to successfully support it may translate to new clients and renewed contracts. - Podcast: What is Software as a Service?
IT journalism veteran Paul Gillin recently sat down to discuss Software as a Service with TechTarget. Listen to this podcast in to get the insights of someone who has been living with it and covering it for years. Tune in and listen. - ASP vs Software as a Service: What's the difference?
Part of knowing why Software as a Service is effective in an enterprise is also knowing why it isn't. With Software as a Service coming of age many customers are still confusing the technology with ASP. Part of the support that a VAR should offer is to correct these misconceptions and explain why one may be useful while the other isn't.
Software as a Service trends and channel challenges
- Vendors to crank up Software as a Service offerings to SMBs next year
Small and medium-sized businesses will outpace enterprises when it comes to IT spending in 2007 -- and vendors will delve deeper into Software as a Service to reach them. - Supporting Software as a Service: What VARs need to know
Being one step ahead of customers is an important attribute for VARs to have. This tip explains how Software as a Service will affect a company's ROI and how to implement Software as a Service, and it offers a list of questions VARs are likely to run into. Stay one step ahead of your customer and check out the latest information. - Asking the right questions about Software as a Service and open source
Help a customer decide between open source and SaaS. This tip discusses the differences between the two and offers a break down of cost and benefits. - CRM ROI series: Building a business case for SaaS CRM
Dan Merriman, president, Chaplin Consulting Group, explains how SaaS can help the productivity of any enterprise while answering the questions customers will ask you.Vendors and products
- Open source CRM meets Software as a Service CRM
Salesforce.com and SugarCRM are just two players in the Software as a Service world. Find out what products they are offering and what they'll do to help your customer's enterprise. - SAP releases customer service module for Software as a Service CRM
As Software as a Service continues to get more popular the sorts of applications that vendors offer becomes more varied. SAP AG recently released a third module in its Software as a Service package. Find out how you can use the new application to support your company.
This was first published in November 2006
- Open source CRM meets Software as a Service CRM