March 27, 2009
SaaS Won’t Kill On-Premise Software
MSPmentor
Joe Panettieri writes about the software-as-a-service market and the opportunities there, as estimated by Gartner Research.
“No doubt, SaaS and cloud services are fast-growth markets for MSPs and VARs. But the SaaS pond is far smaller than the on-premise ocean. Consider this: SaaS represented only six per cent of the overall software market in 2007, though SaaS will grow to represent about 18 per cent of software sales by 2013, Gartner estimates.”
Otellini: ‘I’d rather have Sun be independent’
The Register
Timothy Prickett Morgan includes president and CEO of Intel, Paul Otellini’s thoughts on the rumoured acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM.
“’Is it good or bad for us?’ Otellini asked rhetorically. “I don’t know. I’d rather have Sun be independent, I guess.’”
Reach Out And Touch Windows 7
Network World
Mitchell Ashley offers his thoughts on the touch screen capabilities that will be offered in Windows 7.
“There aren’t that many PC models out yet that support Windows 7’s touch requirements. HP and Dell are specially called out in Microsoft’s blog post. The real question I see for the Windows 7 touch technology is will it go the way of Windows Tablet PC interface, present in market but hardly a smashing success, or does Windows 7 touch bring what’s needed to push touch UI into the mainstream?”
