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Survey research from Saugatuck Technology shows that 65 percent or more of all new business application decisions in the enterprise will be cloud-based or hybrid by YE2014. Any business application of any complexity and criticality can and should be considered for SaaS, and ISVs that still hesitate to develop and provide SaaS versions of their business software are about to be left behind. The challenge for software vendors is no longer about when to include or even shift entirely to SaaS and other Cloud-based solutions. The time is now. The challenge is how to make that happen.

This paper discusses the “surge toward SaaS” and explains how and why midsized and larger ISVs can address the complexities of new or different architecture types to support multiple customer and partner needs, as well as new types of business structures and operational needs, in order to be able to compete and thrive in these rapidly evolving markets.

Kathleen Goolsby, Editor - SandHill.com

Tony Young, senior vice president and CIO at Informatica, shares his perspective on today’s CIO role in contributing value to a company and managing risk while creating a sustainable competitive advantage.

Accelerated innovation is less of an option and more of a necessity for growth. Fusing core products/technologies with unanticipated technological shifts has redefined the innovation process and has moved it beyond the environs of brick-and-mortar R&D labs.

Jeff Shieh, Sr. Patent Attorney - inovia