RSSSoftware as a Service – Part V
Gerry Mooney, IBM VP Corporate Strategy, Keynote Session
Highlights:
- Gerry sees the on-demand era as a growing one in a hardly growing market
- Who survives big climate changes during ice age? Companies with flexible infrastructure and that do adapt.
- Specialization and outsourcing of non-critical business process is a key driver of SaaS
- Multiples of SaaS companies are superior to 'labor-based' companies
- SaaS is a disruptive business model according to him.
You may find his insightful presentation here (pdf).
Conclusion:
SaaS has the potential to disrupt many existing software business models. IBM is committed to on board.
