White Paper: The Time to Move to the Cloud is Now
“The challenge for software vendors is no longer about when to include or even shift entirely to SaaS, software-plus services, or other Cloud-based solutions. The time is now. The challenge is how to make it happen,” according to a white paper written by Saugatuck Technology.
The Microsoft-funded white paper, A Sense of Urgency for Software Companies: Partnering for Success in the Cloud, shows that by year end 2010, nearly half of firms worldwide will be depending upon SaaS as part of their regular
business operations.
Software buyers know they can cut costs, and move significant amounts of IT spending from capital to operating expense, by implementing SaaS and other Cloud-based solutions. They can dramatically reduce the time and money spent on software upgrades and maintenance. And they can scale their use of software, and its costs, according to the number of users over time. The appeal of these solutions is not limited to one specific area of business or one type of application.
According to the paper, transition affects every area of the software vendor’s business, including Finance, Technology, Organization, Operations, and Culture.
Saugatuck recommend that on-premise software vendors planning their Cloud transition must carefully select partners who not only have a viable platform, but also a well-conceived program of support to accelerate success in this major transition.
“Microsoft offers several different resources and programs for software vendors making the move to the Cloud — BizSpark, WebSiteSpark, a “Software-plus-Services” ISV incubation program, and business consulting services, with support tailored to the appropriate stage of readiness based on a formal assessment. Solutions development is via the widely-supported Visual Studio, SQL Server and .NET framework.”
The paper concludes,"The Cloud is the next stage of business solutions development and delivery. For
on-premise software vendors the time to move to the Cloud is now.”
For your copy of the paper, see A Sense of Urgency for Software Companies: Partnering for Success in the Cloud.
Bruce D. Kyle
ISV Architect Evangelist | Microsoft Corporation
