Unstoppable SaaS

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Forrester’s Stefan Ried has published a fantastic report Sizing the Cloud.  Larry Dignan shared a few nuggets on his blog – my favorite is this one:

“Software as a service will be adopted by companies of all sizes. In 2011, SaaS will be a $21.2 billion market and grow to $92.8 billion in 2016. AT that point SaaS comes closer to saturation.”

Cloud integration anyone?

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SaaS Momentum Skyrocketing: Don’t Wait to Integrate!

Chris Kanaracus summarized recent survey results from IDC today:  SaaS Momentum Skyrocketing. Some interesting results:

• By 2012 almost 85% of new vendors will be focused on SaaS services
• By 2010 2/3 of new offerings from established vendors will be sold as SaaS
• SaaS revenues will rise from $13.1 billion in 2009 to $40.5 billion by 2014
• License revenues for traditional on-premises applications will drop roughly $7 billion this year
• By 2014 Americas share will drop to 54% – Europe, the Middle East and Africa will account for 34%; and Asia-Pacific about 12%.

Here are some reasons why SaaS adoption is on the rise. And here are some reasons why you shouldn’t wait to integrate (with apologies to Wilford Brimley of course).