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As SaaS continues to become more mainstream, legacy enterprise software vendors are trying to stay relevant, and are putting brand new marketing stickers on their aging legacy software by hosting it on a server and calling it “SaaS” or “on-demand”. The big issue is that not all SaaS offerings are created equal, which means [...]
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We recently witnessed a slew of public announcements from legacy enterprise software vendors who are repackaging their on-premise solutions as SaaS offerings. This is, in my opinion, a misleading marketing tactic. Fortunately, today’s customers are smarter, and can quickly sift through the marketing fluff and understand the real deal.
Let’s discuss exactly how these vendors are bluffing:
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As organizations seek to become more environmentally responsible, there has been much hoopla over the concept of “green” IT, which author San Murugesan defines as “the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems — efficiently and effectively [...]
Continue Reading →Over the last decade, many companies have sought to improve IT service management efficiency by embracing the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework – and the numbers are steadily rising. Early adopters of ITIL, which is the world’s most widely accepted IT service management methodology, include such notable organizations as Proctor [...]
Continue Reading →No matter what size your company may be, your technology assets play a crucial role in facilitating the kind of productivity and agility you need to sustain a competitive advantage. That’s why even the smallest businesses can benefit from powerful, innovative cloud-based IT management services. These robust applications can help organizations of all types and [...]
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While technology solutions delivered via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model are beneficial to companies of all sizes, it is the small to mid sized businesses (SMBs) who are likely to derive the greatest advantages. The SaaS approach provides companies in the mid-market with an affordable way to leverage the same kind of powerful enterprise software solutions [...]
Continue Reading →In today’s tough economy, companies of all types and sizes are tightening their belts. As a result, IT budgets are shrinking – fast! But, with fewer dollars to spend on technology, businesses must make wiser purchasing decisions, choosing those tools that will deliver the greatest value in the shortest time frame. That’s why IT [...]
Continue Reading →Nowadays, every organization’s network is susceptible to a wide variety of threats. For example, there is the IT compliance exposure that stems from the proliferation of illegal or unlicensed software applications across a business. And then there are the IT risks associated with security breaches, viruses, and other related [...]
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