Software as a service - can value can outweigh price
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Saasing it all out Quocirca's changing channels Software as a service (SaaS) has been one of the most widely talked about topics in IT circles over the last few years for a number of reasons. Rightly, one of these reasons has been the benefits SaaS can deliver to businesses; another has been the hard work of some of the leading proponents of this delivery model in getting the message out there.â¦
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This vendor makes complex, pricey software to forecast call volumes for call centers. And when a customer gets an indecipherable error message in the middle of budget planning, things get crazy.
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If purchasing software were as straightforward as buying a car, users would not have to think twice about the risk of intellectual property lawsuits.
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The leading vendors in the data warehousing market are running scared of new entrants to the market that are offering data warehouse appliances (i.e. pre-integrated hardware, software, storage combinations) that can offer greatly superior performance at a significantly lower price.  In this white paper we will dispel the 'fog of war' that currently pervades the data warehousing landscape, dismissing those question marks that are irrelevant and gratuitous, but highlighting any genuine issues that need to be addressed.
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Open source has many good uses.  Beating up one's competitors shouldn't be the primary one.
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Easily paid for, but it is worth the money?
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Open source doesn't necessarily automatically translate into better paid support for customers.  But it does offer a lot more options and aligns customers with vendors more tightly.
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As the number of vendors touting hosted applications grows and the sophistication of their offerings increases, the choice between hosted solutions and on-premise solutions is no longer just a debate between competing vendors. Itâs become a real internal discussion within the enterprise.
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In a matchup between VMware Server and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, our reviewer says they're both capable products and that the differences is "on the margin." Making the right choice is all about deciding what's most important to your infrastructure.
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Frustrated by sub-par, outsourced customer service and technical support? Would you be willing to pay a premium for onshore service?
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For years, companies large and small have been convinced that if they want the sophisticated functionality of enterprise-class software like ERP and CRM systems, they must buy pre-packaged applications. And, to a large extent, that remains true.
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Web services are becoming increasingly popular for linking software programs. Now, Microsoft and some other big companies are pitching the technology as a way to manage everything from big corporate servers to mobile phones.
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New versions of Office, Exchange, too. But are businesses ready to buy?
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Is open source becoming the dumping ground for no-longer-wanted software, sort of like a Salvation Army dropoff point for programs instead of old clothes?
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It is low in cost, it delivers enterprise-level functionality, and it spares a company the ordeal of an extensive implementation project. It is hosted software, and many say this once-fledgling software space is now in its prime as more and more companies -- both buyers and sellers -- jump on the bandwagon.
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(Source: Symantec)  A Business Value Analysis Study identifies $97 million in business value, from a Symantec Enterprise Vault deployment.  Faced with regulatory compliance and litigation requirements and greater operational efficiencies, a North American financial services organization engaged Procedo for an email archiving and e-discovery solution in 2003 that transformed its business operations.  Learn more in this new white paper.
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Opinion: A decision to continue charging for server software based on CPUs and not cores will make Microsoft server software a much more attractive alternative to utility computing providers.