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Fistful of Talent: What the Future of HR is not Learning... But Should Be...
It is an interesting dichotomy that HR professionals are typically not tech savvy, yet leading edge technology is often used in HR first. HR was early adopters of client/server (HRMS) and multi-tenant SaaS (Recruiting) solutions. I agree with the overall point though - HR and IT need to partner to get the best results.
Intuit makes two-pronged PaaS and SaaS push | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
This is an important development in the SMB space, not only for PaaS and SaaS, but also for payroll outsourcing.
Where to for revenue recognition? | Irregular Enterprise | ZDNet.com
I was going to write about how wrong it is for Taleo to have to recognize services revenue ratably over the course of its software contracts, but Dennis beat me to the punch. Please see my previous post as well http://blogs.gartner.com/blog/2008/12/15/jim-holincheck-saas-revenue-recognition/.
Software Maintenance Fees: Time For This Model To Change? -- Maintenance Fees -- InformationWeek
From InformationWeek -- "The slow economy plus alternatives such as SaaS and open source could pressure vendors into offering lower-cost options." Maybe, but customers also gravitate to "safe choices" when there is a lot of market uncertainty.
When to spend cash in a SaaS business | Software as Services
Interesting perspective on sales and marketing expenditures for SaaS vendors.
Taleo Blog - Talent Management Solutions - CIOs Experience Software as a Service Success Stories
Some good links to information about Software as a Service surveys and other publications.
SaaS's Impact on Human Capital Management
Subscription Required: I just published this note on the adoption of SaaS in HCM. I have also add the link to the My Gartner Research page with a little more description.
Gianpaolo's blog : Cloudy Future for the Enterprise and most likely for ISVs too
Hat tip to Vinnie Mirchandani for the link to this post on Cloud Computing and SaaS. It is interesting framework for making buy vs. build and delivery model choices, but I find most customers are agnostic about the delivery model (they want to buy the be
Why multi-tenancy matters | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
An interesting take on different styles of SaaS architectures.
Software Safari - Premium Blog on Application Software: 10 Mgmt Rules for SaaS Firms
Thanks to Brian Sommer for this post from VC Bessemer. It is a good read for any SaaS vendor (or customer looking at the viability of SaaS vendors). I do not agree entirely with all the points (one datacenter, multi-tenant architecture), but it is good
Taking a peek into SAP Business ByDesign. Payroll and HR. SAP and ADP. « Vendorprisey
The video provides a look inside the ADP and SAP partnership as well as the roadmap for the delivery of payroll for SAP BBD.
» SuccessFactors IPO: blast-off or blow-off? | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
Interesting commentary on the SuccessFactors IPO yesterday (ticker: SFX for those interested in the stock).
Multitenancy Can Have a 16:1 Cost Advantage Over Single-Tenant « SmoothSpan Blog
A very interesting discussion of multi-tenancy.
On the bleeding edge of platform-as-a-service - ZDNet
For those budding software developers out there, "platform-as-a-service" offerings like Force.com have the potential to make it significantly easier to introduce new SaaS solutions to the market.
» Workstream prefers virtualization to multi-tenancy | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
A really good post discussing Workstream's new version and its approach to multi-tenancy which highlights some of the reasons for using virtualization.
» SAP’s Business ByDesign go to market | Irregular Enterprise | ZDNet.com
Interesting discussion of the challenges SAP may face in going to market with BBD.
» Taleo beefs up with performance management | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
Phil Wainewright provides another perspective on Taleo Performance and its implications on Taleo's position in the broader SaaS market.
The Human Capitalist » Taleo Performance Has Arrived
Jason Corsello does a nice job job describing some of the highlights and innovations of the new Taleo Performance solution.
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