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Gartner: SaaS-based BI gains traction
Traditional on-site business intelligence appears to be losing some traction in the face of SaaS-based alternatives, according to a survey by Gartner. A third of the 1,364 IT managers polled reported
How to keep up with SaaS changes
Software as a service is in the midst of an evolution, and enterprise customers considering an SaaS purchase need to ask an evolving set of questions, according to Forrester Research.
Subway orders up SaaS for spending management
Subway has 35,000 restaurants across the globe and the data center capacity to internalize most technology needs, but the sandwich chain recently signed up for a spending management system hosted on
How to keep IT in the cloud services loop
About half of the cloud-based infrastructure services sold these days are purchased by business users outside the IT department, and when it comes to software as a service, those non-IT rogues are
Why all IT might be delivered as a service someday
Software-as-a-service is poised to gradually take over IT infrastructure, whether or not CIOs want it to, according to InformationWeek's Charles Babcock. Software executives offer a variety of
Forrester: SaaS unlikely candidate for 4 types of software
The cloud may look increasingly appealing for a large variety of applications, but it isn't likely to be the main vehicle for four categories of software, according to researchers at Forrester.
Microsoft launches Office 365 in the cloud
In an attempt to beat Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) Apps at its own game, Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) this week repackaged its software-as-a-service offerings--including Office and the online versions of
Marketing bypasses IT; will other departments?
Is the marketing department's tendency to bypass the IT department a model that the rest of the company will soon follow? When you combine the central role played by Salesforce.com,
Insights into SaaS, cloud-based services
It's still all the rage to talk about how cloud computing and software-as-a-service are forcing IT shops to become more strategic and define their value proposition in new ways. Most people in IT
Coca-Cola CIO: IT must balance budget and innovation
Over the last two years, the environment has been less than favorable for CIOs trying to bring new technology to their companies. Economic uncertainty has caused many IT shops to play it safe, as
