I'm doing a webinar with SoftwareCEO next Thursday, 11/12/2009 from (9:00-10:30am Pacific. Get more information and sign-up here.
From the SoftwareCEO site:
You hear about SaaS every day… “It's the next great thing,” “Everybody wants it,” “Everybody's doing it,” “It'll make you rich,” yada yada yada. But before you jump on the SaaS bandwagon, there are some things you really need to consider first.
In this presentation, we'll help you avoid some of the common landmines, and make sure you're really ready to move to SaaS.
You might want to reconsider moving to SaaS if you think it's:
Just another software delivery model
Impact of single instance vs.multi-tenancy? Got an SLA? You're going to need one.A way to deliver cheap software
Bad idea. You can actually make more from your customers if you play your cards right.A market
It's a business architecture, not an industry.Subscription pricing
Did you know there are 7 revenue streams? Does your business plan account for all of them?Anything in “the cloud”
Slapping a “cloud” label on it doesn't help your customers, or you.An easy sale: if you build it, they will come
What about your sales people? Your channels?Just another version of your software you'll offer
Keeping your existing product line while adding SaaS on the side is a really tough strategy to pull off. Just ask Letterman.The right thing to do for our company since everyone else is doing it
Is your market doing it? Are you ready? Your organization?A ticket to easy success with the right checklists, "readiness assessments", and best practices
They can help get you onto the runway, but they won't get you in the air.