I recently wrote in “So What if my Vendor isn’t a True SaaS Provider?” about the real reason that having a vendor that follows a true SaaS business model was important.  Specifically, if they aren’t true SaaS they may have a business model focused on business failure.  Their failure c

Earlier this month, I attended Modex 2012 in Atlanta.  My intent was to check out the WMS vendors (and other solution providers as well) and see which ones were offering SaaS solutions and, if so, what kind of SaaS were they.  By which kind of SaaS, I’m referring to the different SaaS

In conversations about what is meant by a “true” SaaS solution, or even a SaaS-Plus or on-Premise-Plus solution as defined in my last post, the topic always turns to where is the business value.  The reality is that there is a different business value for the vendor than that for the

I’ve been investigating lately the world of SaaS based WMS (warehouse management systems).  This has led me smack into the whole “everyone has their own definition” conundrum.  It seems that most of what I’m encountering is a marketing wrapper touting the SaaS aspects of what is reall