SaaS Hits Tipping Point but Does it Make Sense for You?

The viability of SaaS (Software as a Service) has been confirmed. Software Insider reports that SaaS vendors grew an average of 8% last year while almost every on-premise vendor lost revenue. SaaS offerings and subscriptions increased in every category of enterprise apps, while on-premise vendors relied on an exceptionally high ratio of maintenance revenue to [Read More...]

 

How Intel Measures the Value of IT

When Intel spent $1.1 Billion on IT in 2005, it wanted to be sure it was getting value from its investment. It’s true that you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Any of a number of financial tools could help Intel determine the expected return, but IT executives wanted to measure the actual value delivered, [Read More...]

 

Vendor vs. Third-Party Software Maintenance Contracts

Whether to continue to pay for software maintenance contracts for on-premise solutions is a tough question for many, especially as the tough economy of the past few years settles into a new reality. Cost pressures continue, and many companies feel these contracts deliver limited value, especially when plans to upgrade have been put aside. Software [Read More...]

 

TOP 4 Best Practices for a Successful Enterprise Implementation

A successful enterprise implementation is not rocket science. But many companies, in their haste, fail to fully understand what they’re getting into. And so they wind up paying more on the back end:  they pay financially; they pay in increased risk. They pay in slippery schedules and gut-wrenchingly painful implementations that never quite deliver. This [Read More...]

 

ROI for Enterprise Software

What is ROI for enterprise software? The traditional definition of ROI for enterprise software is the ratio of costs to savings for an investment, and it’s usually expressed over a period of time.  For example, if a very large company database slows down productivity for 100 employees 5 minutes 10 times a day, and the [Read More...]