Software as a Service

Is SaaS office safe?

Posted January 18, 2011 - 1:46 pm

Is software as a service (SaaS) office safe? We get this question a lot and the SaaS office most often asked about is Google Apps for Business and Microsoft Office. This security concern reflects in our research numbers: Fewer than 18% of organizations are planning to deploy SaaS office but nearly twice as many companies are evaluating.
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Workforce cloud software firm Cornerstone OnDemand raises $8.3M

Posted December 10, 2010 - 6:23 pm

Cloud-based HR workforce and management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand, which filed for an initial public offering in late September, has closed an $8.3 million round of funding, according to CB Insights.
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Cloud Computing: Why you can't ignore chargeback

Posted November 9, 2010 - 2:51 pm

You might think that users would prefer to avoid chargeback because they currently get resources for free, and implementing chargeback would result in more budgetary outflow. But you'd be wrong, says Bernard Golden.
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The difference between having and exercising freedom

Posted March 24, 2010 - 9:17 am

Primarily, Richard Stallman's objection to Software as a Service is that users lose control over their applications, because the applications are not installed locally. My objection to Stallman's argument is that a vast majority of computer users will never have real control--even if they use free software.
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The Pros and Cons of SaaS - Part 1

Posted September 11, 2008 - 5:15 am

Why SaaS may be the next wave in enterprise computing.
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