IDC: IBM Is Developing a SaaS Marketplace for SMBs
From the IDC blogs : IBM's SaaS solutions for the SMB market :
... For two years, we’ve pointed to IBM’s conspicuous absence in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market - and in the broader market for online delivery of business services - as a critical weakness in IBM’s SMB strategy. In last year’s IDC Predictions, we predicted that the company would finally develop an online marketplace for SMBs, starting with applications from its key WebSphere application software partners, and expanding to a broader range of applications and technology and business services. We predicted this, not because we had any inside knowledge, but because it was clear that the market is demanding this approach.
At IBM System & Technology Group’s (STG) analyst meeting in Stamford, CT today, STG head Bill Zeitler, followed by Marc Dupaquier, GM of Business Systems in STG, revealed that IBM is indeed developing such an online marketplace and community. More details are sure to come out later today and tomorrow, but here is a brief summary of what I heard this morning: ...
... As you’d expect, IBM is not going completely to online as its SMB approach. It presents Business Central as one part of a portfolio of offerings, including traditional general on-premise systems (increasingly pre-packaged with ISV apps for "solution-oriented" customers), simpler on-premise devices/appliances, as well as the online/SaaS offerings through Business Central. Like SAP and others, IBM envisions that many customers will implement a hybrid model, that includes on-premise and online. ...
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