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SaaS: Vertical-Specific Software is Largest SaaS Segment

By Dick Weisinger

Global Software as a Service market is expected to reach $55 billion by 2026 from $12 billion in 2016, according to a report by Better Buys.  Currently about two-thirds of small and medium businesses have started to use SaaS services

SaaS and Cloud Computing: Data Loss by User Mistakes Far Outnumber Loss By Hacking

By Dick Weisinger

80 percent of businesses report that they’ve experienced some level of data loss at some point.  It may not be a surprise, but the leading cause of data loss from SaaS applications is user error.  A survey by Spanning, an

SaaS: AWS is Used by 40 Percent of Small and Mid-sized SaaS Vendors

By Dick Weisinger

Amazon AWS is used by 40 percent of small and medium-sized SaaS businesses, based on a report from Pacific Crest.  That’s amazingly high.  Microsoft Azure and Salesforce only hold 5 percent and 3 percent of the market.  37 percent of

Cloud Computing: Move to As-A-Service Will be Slow For Many Large Enterprises

By Dick Weisinger

Half of businesses will not be able to covert their core enterprise processes to cloud-based “as a service” operations for at least another five years, according to research by HfS and Accenture.  The report finds that while the way enterprises implement services

Shadow IT and the Cloud: European Shadow IT Adopt US Cloud Services

By Dick Weisinger

It’s widely believed that US companies are having a hard time making inroads in selling cloud-based products in Europe because of a variety of regulations and privacy laws.  But that hasn’t stopped many European businesses from using US cloud services.