Comments on: SaaS isn’t a Panacea for Success http://www.interwest.com/software-as-a-service/saas/saas-isnt-a-panacea-for-success/ and all things software Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Phil Simon http://www.interwest.com/software-as-a-service/saas/saas-isnt-a-panacea-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Phil Simon Sun, 24 May 2009 11:19:37 +0000 http://www.interwest.com/software-as-a-service/?p=6#comment-237 Very interesting post. While my experience with SaaS is relatively limited, I have been working with enterprise systems for a long time. From an implementation standpoint, SaaS is no silver bullet. Bad data, poorly-defined business processes, lack of training, and the like will haunt any IT project, SaaS-based or not. I completely agree with your assessment of the business challenges facing SaaS companies. I also read (and really enjoyed) your article "The Death of Enterprise Software." I wonder if many of the major ERP vendors will attempt to do something in-house (as SAP did) or attempt to buy or integrate another company. Very interesting post. While my experience with SaaS is relatively limited, I have been working with enterprise systems for a long time. From an implementation standpoint, SaaS is no silver bullet. Bad data, poorly-defined business processes, lack of training, and the like will haunt any IT project, SaaS-based or not.

I completely agree with your assessment of the business challenges facing SaaS companies. I also read (and really enjoyed) your article “The Death of Enterprise Software.” I wonder if many of the major ERP vendors will attempt to do something in-house (as SAP did) or attempt to buy or integrate another company.

]]> By: Landon Hoover http://www.interwest.com/software-as-a-service/saas/saas-isnt-a-panacea-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Landon Hoover Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:32:29 +0000 http://www.interwest.com/software-as-a-service/?p=6#comment-13 There is a great deal of truth to this article. There are a tremendous number of SaaS providers emerging, making the competitive landscape dense. This fact will make the success of individual SaaS providers difficult. Furthermore, the SaaS model is difficult to monetization. There are significant challenges facing SaaS companies…there are, however, resources available to help them and specific models that are more successful than others. One resource that I have heard about is eVapt (www.eVapt.com). They are a company that helps SaaS providers monetize their solutions. An interesting topic for the future could be to discuss eVapt and other companies helping SaaS providers succeed. Or, all the resources available to SaaS providers. Thanks for the great article. There is a great deal of truth to this article. There are a tremendous number of SaaS providers emerging, making the competitive landscape dense. This fact will make the success of individual SaaS providers difficult. Furthermore, the SaaS model is difficult to monetization. There are significant challenges facing SaaS companies…there are, however, resources available to help them and specific models that are more successful than others. One resource that I have heard about is eVapt (www.eVapt.com). They are a company that helps SaaS providers monetize their solutions. An interesting topic for the future could be to discuss eVapt and other companies helping SaaS providers succeed. Or, all the resources available to SaaS providers.

Thanks for the great article.

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