SaaS and Traditional Software Vendors
More and more we see big players dipping their toes in the SaaS waters. In recent months we’ve seen SaaS related movements from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and many others. All of this has led me to revisit a series of posts I wrote 18 months or so ago on ISVs moving to SaaS. I’ve always [...]
It’s a Numbers Game – On SaaS Uptake
Xero posted recently detailing the result of a customers survey looking at what accounting solutions were used prior to the move to Xero. Now all companies are entitled to do a little bit of chest-beating (last week it was KashFlow’s turn). Looking beyond the spin however builds some insights for the individual company, and the [...]
David and Goliath Part Two – Sometimes the Little Guys Can Be Cruel
I posted awhile ago telling the David and Goliath tale of Kashflow and Sage. Sage being the big boy of UK accounting software and Kashflow being a poor defenceless SaaS start-up being hounded to death by the behemoth. At the time I wrote that I thought Sage’s actions were unnecessary and unhelpful, a contention I [...]
Going Live, With Sage. Initial Review of SageLive
I posted a few weeks ago about the impending release of Sage’s first on-demand accounting product, SageLive. As I’ve said before, it’s all very well for a start-up to create a SaaS product but for a traditional software vendor to move (at least in part) to a subscription based service is a difficult ask – [...]
Sage Upping the SaaS Ante
We’ve been waiting for a really compelling on-demand accounting offering from one of the big boys. Thus far we’ve had Intuit deliver QuickBooks Online (CloudAve review here) which got a "nice try but back to the classroom" grade. MYOB delivered the first generation of the BusinessBasics Online product (Diversity review here) which at best gets [...]
