THINKstrategies Software Business 2008 Presentation
1. Overcoming the Organizational Barriers to Transforming Your Software Business into an On-Demand Company Presented by, Jeff Kaplan Managing Director THINKstrategies [email_address] 781-431-2690
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4. An Equation for Greater Market Opportunities Economy Uncertainty Tighter Budgets Greater SaaS Opportunities + =
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6. Shifting Adoption Patterns Unilateral End-User, SBU Adoption of SaaS Solutions Enterprise-Wide Acceptance and Adoption of SaaS
7. SaaS Expands from Front- to Back- to Inter-Office Apps BUSINESS APPLICATIONS CRM SFA … Collaboration SCM … ERP Finance … Front Office Inter Office Back Office SaaS Market ‘Gold Rush’
9. Top Ten Showplace Industry Categories Source: SaaS Showplace 42 Software 43 Telecommunications/xSPs 55 Professional Services 63 Government 69 Retail 72 Healthcare 80 Technology 91 Manufacturing 102 Banking/Financial Services 110 SMBs
10. SaaS Expands from Business Apps to IT Management BUSINESS APPLICATIONS CRM SFA … Collaboration SCM … ERP Finance … Front Office Inter Office Back Office Security Systems Mgmt … Network Mgmt Remote Access … Data Protection Storage … IT Management
13. New Challenge: Cloud Computing Outages “ Amazon S3 Outage Rains On Cloud-computing Parade” “ Outages Force Cloud Computing Users To Rethink Tactics”
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19. On-Demand Services & The IT Industry Inversion Services Technologies Past Future The IT Industry Inversion
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21. SaaS Lifecycle Requirements User Centricity Agile Development Transaction Mgmt System Security Certifications Service Orientation Professional Services Online Procurement Try & Buy Trials Tele-Sales Web/Search Marketing Service Delivery Infrastructure Ecosystem of Partners Web Support SLAs
22. SaaS vs. Legacy SW Economics Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) R&D SG&A EBITDA Source: McKinsey, May 2007