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Business Strategy for Software Executives |
October 13, 2008 |
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When the Levee BreaksSaaS customers and vendors need to work harder to ensure business continuity in order to avoid a business disaster.By Joe Ruck, BoardVantage “Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.” Saas is a great way to deliver software efficiently and effectively, but all too often it can be used as a way to do a run around IT. In doing so, critical IT functions such as ensuring security and system reliability can be short-circuited. Companies must apply sufficient consideration to questions of business continuity rather than relying on the brand name of their SaaS vendor to ‘always be there’.
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