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Business Strategy for Software Executives |
January 13, 2009 |
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Predictions for On-Demand Services in 2009Here are ten forecasts for how the on-demand market will evolve in the coming year.By Jeffrey M. Kaplan, THINKstrategies The start of a new year is always a good time to reflect on the year that has past and look forward at the year to come. While many of us would like to forget last year and are not exactly looking forward to 2009, there is much to be learned from the past and plenty of predictions which can be made about the near future. A closer look at the market for on-demand services reveals that the model will continue to evolve in 2009 and that any short-term slowdown will only be a hiccup on the way to a positive long-term outlook.
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Letter from China
Reducing the Cost & Complexity of Application Delivery
Publish Your Perspective!SandHill.com wants your opinions. Send your thoughts on the enterprise software industry to SandHill.com editor, Maryann Jones Thompson (maryann@sandhill.com) and have your opinions published on our site. DON'T MISS: Strategy in a ‘Structural Break’During hard times, a structural break in the economy is an opportunity in disguise. To survive - and, eventually, to flourish - companies must learn to exploit it. Read how in this feature from The McKinsey Quarterly. News Update: What a RideSatyam becomes India’s Enron; plus Salesforce cuts out, Google still monopolizes Ballmer’s worries, Bartz makes the shortlist, and M&A and layoffs pick up.Read these stories and more software news of the week in the latest SandHill.com Software News Summary. Poll: SaaS Slowdown?How slow will the slowdown in SaaS services get? Last month, readers projected the future of the open source market in 2009. More at SandHill.com:Study: Half of developers plan to work on SaaS in 2009. Black Duck software received $3 million. Aladdin Knowledge Systems enters merger agreement with Vector Capital Affiliate. Ken Bozzini named CFO of Arena Solutions. Send us your feedback on this newsletter and the SandHill.com site. Parting Thought“The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.”
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As the recession takes hold of corporate purse strings, Jake Sorofman of rPath says virtualization and cloud computing can help customers make the most of constrained budgets. Read why in 