Latest SaaS articles

VARs need support in ERP market

Intact's Paul Marry

Large vendors are not helping smaller partners sell ERP, says Paul Marry

18 Jan 2012

SaaS customisation is not dead

MindTree's Rajesh Ranjan

Rajesh Ranjan looks at where to draw the line between configuration and customisation in SaaS

17 Jan 2012

Signagelive ramps up US attack

Signagelive's Jason Cremins

Move into the Americas firms up with new hire

04 Jan 2012

CRN Roundtable: Cloud transformation, for customers and the channel

Find out how top channel companies are succeeding with customers in the cloud in this roundtable sponsored by Outsourcery

30 Nov 2011

Stand up and be accountable

Phil Hambly says too many cloud services providers are falling short when it comes to clarifying the lines of responsibility

30 Nov 2011

Fight integration decline with custom SaaS

SIs likely to struggle in the current climate should consider an OEM path, says Davy Nys

23 Nov 2011

Thinking small

VMware wants partners to push virtualisation to smaller businesses. Caroline Donnelly attended the firm’s European conference, VMworld, in Copenhagen to find out why

04 Nov 2011

SaaS multi-tenant options

Rajesh Ranjan looks at the different multi-tenancy arrangements that can be set up with SaaS offerings

26 Oct 2011

Transitioning through the pain

Although one of the most hyped concepts of the past decade, many industry players are still not sure what cloud means for their business. Sara Yirrell talks to Dave McLeman of Ancoris, a cloud pioneer

17 Oct 2011

Interoute acquires Oracle house Quantix

Firms aim for cloud success with everything-as-a-service strategy

21 Sep 2011

Head out on that open road

Jim Shaw finds there is freedom for resellers in opening up SaaS apps and delivery

02 Sep 2011

Financiers can also be mobile warriors

Mike Risley says there is no reason why traditionally office-bound departments such as finance shouldn't graduate to remote working

25 Aug 2011

Another BPOS outage for Microsoft

Lightning bolt reportedly affects services across Europe for seven hours as Amazon also suffers

08 Aug 2011

Clear away the fog

Building on the cloud opportunity may be easier if communications are clearer, says Marcus Jewell

26 Jul 2011

Cloud sprawl and consumerisation

The cloud is starting to mature, but unmanaged cloud apps in the workplace could pose problems, says Nic Merriman

13 Jul 2011

SaaS market to double inside four years

Gartner predicts market will swell from $10bn to $20bn by 2015

07 Jul 2011

Slow train a-coming

Phil Sansom likes to travel but not, please God, by train

14 Jun 2011

Productive outsourcing within SaaS

How should one find the additional skills for a services offering? Rajesh Ranjan investigates

08 Jun 2011

Analysing SaaS user behaviour

Behaviour analytics tools can play a crucial role in business planning, says Rajesh Ranjan

26 Apr 2011

Nimans takes to the cloud with Akixi

Mancunian comms distributor dips its toes in SaaS waters with UK startup player

02 Feb 2011

UK CIOs face slashed budgets this year

Gartner figures show UK to suffer deeper tech spending cuts than other countries

21 Jan 2011

Channel impact of cloud computing

Dale Vile asks whether the domino effect of the cloud undermines traditional business

21 Dec 2010

Gartner: Enterprise SaaS market to break $10bn in 2011

Global enterprise SaaS revenues set to grow 16 per cent in 2010 and 2011

14 Dec 2010

Consolidation through the clouds

Adam Zoldan tells how businesses can take advantage of upcoming merger and acquisition activity

10 Dec 2010

Makara buyout gives Red Hat a platform for cloud success

Open-source specialist pounces on cloud application platform vendor

30 Nov 2010

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CRN Partner Connect 2012

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CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

Date: Thu 17 May 2012

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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