Comments on: Another vote for SaaS http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/04/another-vote-for-saas/ The source of information and best practices in strategic sourcing. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Eric Strovink http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/04/another-vote-for-saas/#comment-11184 Eric Strovink Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:57:11 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/04/another-vote-for-saas/#comment-11184 1) SaaS works when applications follow the forms-based CICS model -- i.e., the apps are thin client apps that require minimal intelligence and processing on the front end. Many applications fall into this category, but many do not; either that, or they sacrifice lots of functionality and performance in order to become thin client. 2) So, a distinction needs to be made between thin client and pay-as-you-go. I'm a strong advocate of pay-as-you-go, but BIQ couldn't offer half the functionality that it does if it were a thin-client web app. We're pay-as-you-go, but we're not thin client. 1) SaaS works when applications follow the forms-based CICS model — i.e., the apps are thin client apps that require minimal intelligence and processing on the front end. Many applications fall into this category, but many do not; either that, or they sacrifice lots of functionality and performance in order to become thin client.
2) So, a distinction needs to be made between thin client and pay-as-you-go. I’m a strong advocate of pay-as-you-go, but BIQ couldn’t offer half the functionality that it does if it were a thin-client web app. We’re pay-as-you-go, but we’re not thin client.

]]> By: Alan Buxton http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/04/another-vote-for-saas/#comment-11183 Alan Buxton Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:49:52 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/04/another-vote-for-saas/#comment-11183 Good posting. SaaS is a bit of a no-brainer. And ref Ariba/Procuri, Jason mentioned yesterday that Ariba have "bet the entire company on an on-demand transformation that includes software, services and information". http://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2008/3/3/Aribas-Unleashes-9S5-Plays-Up-OnDemand-in-a-Major-Way Ariba, to be fair, are probably in a bit of a tricky situation. They have a legacy installed base of companies who bought the software in order to have their own system installed on their own servers. How these customers will react to such a focus on SaaS is not clear. Good posting. SaaS is a bit of a no-brainer. And ref Ariba/Procuri, Jason mentioned yesterday that Ariba have “bet the entire company on an on-demand transformation that includes software, services and information”.

http://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2008/3/3/Aribas-Unleashes-9S5-Plays-Up-OnDemand-in-a-Major-Way

Ariba, to be fair, are probably in a bit of a tricky situation. They have a legacy installed base of companies who bought the software in order to have their own system installed on their own servers. How these customers will react to such a focus on SaaS is not clear.

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