One of the misconceptions of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and broader cloud computing market is that these new Web-based services will “disintermediate” the channel because of their simpler, more ...

IaaS and PaaS may get all the headlines, but SaaS is where the majority of action takes place in the cloud Salesforce.com claimed that Dreamforce had about 120,000 attendees last week, which — in our ...

In my last commentary in this space, I suggested that there was plenty of room for enterprises to build their own private clouds to satisfy their specific business requirements. I’m increasingly ...

Cloud computing has long been heralded as the backbone of digital transformation, but not all parts of the cloud market are treated equally. As of 2025, software as a service (SaaS) continues to ...

At the SaaS Summit in San Francisco this morning, the discussions are kicking off with plenty of questions and a dose of reality. What exactly is cloud computing? We're hearing buzz terms like ...

Typically, when the economy goes bust, tech sales suffer. Not so with cloud computing. Quite the contrary, actually. When the economy took a tumble, cloud sales rose -- and will continue to rise -- ...

With healthcare costs continually increasing, hospitals can turn to innovative technology to aid care collaboration and coordination across a fragmented healthcare continuum. Innovative, smart ...

What is the difference between Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS)? Is there a difference? If you look at SaaS in Wikipedia, you will see no mention of cloud. If you look at Cloud ...

This is a guest post by TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, CIO of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Lowe walks us through the software as a service and cloud computing due diligence. For more posts ...