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Software as a Service
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From the report, Forrester predicts that the following technologies are poised to experience significant success in the enterprise market:
| * Collaboration. Although its long-term future is unproven, Forrester's market data has shown SaaS collaboration to be one of the hotter areas of SaaS adoption, with the potential to significantly impact the collaboration market.
* Web conferencing. Already heavily SaaS-based, Web conferencing technologies continue to move in that direction. It is an ideal candidate for SaaS, and many companies are comfortable using this technology as SaaS.
* CRM. One of the earliest categories where SaaS adoption took off, this category is already mature; however, some companies with established on-premise CRM strategies will be slow to — or in many cases will never — switch over.
* HCM. SaaS deployment of HCM/HR solutions has been popular, however many of them have been niche solutions by small vendors. Consolidation in this space has started to create broader suite offerings, increasing the potential growth of these technologies.
* ITSM. These solutions in the SaaS model are growing in popularity, but many of the larger vendors have yet to enter this space. As established vendors continue to enter the market, SaaS has the potential to transform the world of IT applications.
* Online backup. Particularly for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), PCs, and remote location, online backup has already attracted strong interest. One area of concern is recovering large quantities of data in a short time frame.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 April 2009 19:15 )
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