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Fantasy Football and Web Applications
I think the biggest mistake people make when looking at Web Applications and SaaS is thinking that's about just moving users over from siloed enterprise applications. This just scratches the surface.
Blog by Treb Ryan

What Do You Mean I Can't 'Click-to-Buy' Your Software?
Not having a "click-to-buy" feature tells your users that they are going to need your help to get going and make their software work. That sounds a lot like bad old Enterprise Software.
Blog by Treb Ryan

Partners Perspectives

Insourcing™: The Future of Globalized R&D The most successful model for globalizing R&D involves "insourcing," a hybrid of traditional outsourcing and captive GDC models. by Peter Harrison, CEO of Global Logic Inc.

News

Where Will Software Come From?
It seems to me that we have a pretty good read on where hardware and services will come from over the next ten years or so, but there are a lot of alternatives and possibilities when it comes to software.
By Steve Andriole, ASPnews.com

Quietly But Surely, Microsoft Mimics The Salesforce.com Way
Microsoft is expanding into the hosted software market--the forte of Salesforce.com and RightNow Technologies--and it's doing so without all the usual fanfare.
By J. Nicholas Hoover, InformationWeek

Software as a Service Needs Foundation of Strong Security
Just as security slowed down the Web services train, it appears to be putting the old kibosh on SaaS deals.
By Jon Oltsik, CNET News Blog