http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/12/13/software-as-a-service-stocks-rise-3-consecutive-weeks/ Channel News, Reseller News and Channel Partner Programs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/12/13/software-as-a-service-stocks-rise-3-consecutive-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-88087 David Baier Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:14:24 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/12/13/software-as-a-service-stocks-rise-3-consecutive-weeks/#comment-88087 I am not surprised to see some growth or at least the anticipation of growth in Saas, but also expect to see similar growth for hosted solutions. I wrote a blog entry a few weeks ago in response to an article on TheStreet.com. If I amy quote the blog here, "The down-side dynamics in today's economic climate drive many companies to figure out how to grow sales, increase demand, and sell more effectively and most sales management teams know that CRM can be a tool to help a sales force to break out as the economy improves. This fact coupled with the cost-effectiveness of hosted subscriptions and implementations make it a a very low risk approach to CRM. We will see many companies that have not previously considered open source in the past, inclined to consider it now. Commercial open source CRM software has evolved over the last several years and is now ready for the enterprise. This coupled with the current economic conditions can be the impetus that propels open source CRM into the forefront. Like Linux before it, commercial open source CRM, namely SugarCRM, is primed for the enterprise and explosive growth." In my opinion, Saas as well as hosted solutions stand to benefit a great deal from hurting business climate and an economy on the mend. http://levementum.blogspot.com/2008/11/sugarcrm-up-and-to-right-in-2009.html I am not surprised to see some growth or at least the anticipation of growth in Saas, but also expect to see similar growth for hosted solutions. I wrote a blog entry a few weeks ago in response to an article on TheStreet.com. If I amy quote the blog here, “The down-side dynamics in today’s economic climate drive many companies to figure out how to grow sales, increase demand, and sell more effectively and most sales management teams know that CRM can be a tool to help a sales force to break out as the economy improves. This fact coupled with the cost-effectiveness of hosted subscriptions and implementations make it a a very low risk approach to CRM. We will see many companies that have not previously considered open source in the past, inclined to consider it now. Commercial open source CRM software has evolved over the last several years and is now ready for the enterprise. This coupled with the current economic conditions can be the impetus that propels open source CRM into the forefront. Like Linux before it, commercial open source CRM, namely SugarCRM, is primed for the enterprise and explosive growth.” In my opinion, Saas as well as hosted solutions stand to benefit a great deal from hurting business climate and an economy on the mend. http://levementum.blogspot.com/2008/11/sugarcrm-up-and-to-right-in-2009.html

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