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Living In A SaaS World

By Mitchell Ashley, Network World, 01/24/2008
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Gartner analysts predict by 2011, 25 percent of new business software will be delivered as SaaS (Software as a Service). SaaS is frequently sold to business buyers, often bypassing traditional IT. Learn how you can take advantage of the rapidly growing world of SaaS software as Mitchell talks with industry guru Jeff Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies. We examine how Microsoft's "software plus services" approach is being rolled out to market and Microsoft's partners, and how some new SaaS offerings are now selling directly to IT. (27:50)

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