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SaaS: Oracle Sticks to Middleware in its Approach to the SaaS Market

By Dick Weisinger

Oracle (ORCL) recently introduced Siebel 14, an updated version of its on-demand CRM offering. There has been speculation for some time that Oracle would move more aggressively into the SaaS market, but beyond CRM, that hasn’t really happened. Why it

SaaS: Big Benefits and Maybe Big Risks

By Dick Weisinger

The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model offers enterprises big opportunities, but there are still enough unknowns and risks that many continue just to kick the tires. On the upside, compared to the traditional model of software acquisition, SaaS software offers big financial

SaaS: Gartner Lowers Forecast for SaaS Growth

By Dick Weisinger

Gartner adjusted lower its estimates of the SaaS market size and also lowered predictions for worldwide SaaS growth from those made in March 2007. In March, Gartner said the worldwide SaaS market was $6.3 billion. The new report readjusts the

SaaS: iPhone Technology will Boost On-Demand and eMarketing

By Dick Weisinger

A huge advantage of the Apple’s new iPhone is its high-resolution screen that lets users do ‘real’ web browsing. That’s because the iPhone uses Apple’s standard Safari browser. Granted, it’s not perfect. It doesn’t support Flash or Java, and the

Innovation/SaaS: As Software Evolves, Where Will it Take Us?

By Dick Weisinger

It’s hard to keep up with the daily web technology trends and announcements, much less try to extrapolate where things will be five or ten years from now. But Timothy Chou, former President of Oracle on-Demand, tries to do just