SaaS Goes To Work At Motorola And The Humane Society
Two real-life deployments show how software as a service works.

TCO Analysis: Software as a Service
IT pros say SaaS must compete on more than price to take a bite out of conventional licensed applications' market share. But what if you could save really big? We evaluate the pros and cons of SaaS adoption with an in-depth analysis of deployment costs and the projected impact of this service model over a three-year period.

Lower-Cost Options Free IT From Software Maintenance Fees
As sales opportunities diminish, vendors are relying more on income from maintenance contracts to keep growing. With fees generally set between 17% and 22% of the original software license price, such expenses can exceed the original cost of a purchase in a few years.

Can Web 2.0 Evolve Into An Enterprise Technology?
Wikis, mashups, social networking, and even Second Life can have a place in business, but they need to improve legacy interoperability--and IT needs to overcome its skepticism.

The Road To Making BI Available To Everyone
For BI to go mainstream, it will take a lot of creative thinking and collaboration between the business and IT.

SAP: Big Businesses Won't Be Interested In On-Demand ERP
Despite soaring interest in software-as-a-service, SAP's new product is aimed at companies with fewer than 500 employees.

Enterprise Mashups: Mashed Or Half-Baked?
Enterprise mashup tools are the natural next step for SOA, letting ordinary employees build applications that aren't on IT's radar screen. But security concerns could make this technology a recipe for disaster

Blogs And Wikis Move In As E-Mail Overload Becomes Unbearable
Collaborative software lets business people communicate without the management and security hassles of e-mail

The Problems With E-Mail
As e-mails multiply, so do the problems, from the unabated increases in spam to increasing scrutiny by regulators.

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