Comments on: Does saas matter to Sage? http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/28/does-saas-matter-to-sage/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oktoberfest and Its Discontents http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/28/does-saas-matter-to-sage/comment-page-1/#comment-6621 Oktoberfest and Its Discontents Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:49:11 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5210#comment-6621 [...] Sage has also acquired several products over the years and they are definitely in harvest mode. Their apologists even offer the idea that Sage is not in the technology/software market so much as the confidence market, as in this software will be around for a while. They, like SAP, have taken a poor swing at a SaaS product but have yet to make contact. Dennis Howlett doesn’t think they are really interested in launching a new SaaS version anyway... [...] [...] Sage has also acquired several products over the years and they are definitely in harvest mode. Their apologists even offer the idea that Sage is not in the technology/software market so much as the confidence market, as in this software will be around for a while. They, like SAP, have taken a poor swing at a SaaS product but have yet to make contact. Dennis Howlett doesn’t think they are really interested in launching a new SaaS version anyway… [...]

]]> By: Dennis Howlett http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/28/does-saas-matter-to-sage/comment-page-1/#comment-6620 Dennis Howlett Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:56:56 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5210#comment-6620 It's not that simple for Sage which has many balls to juggle. It's not that simple for Sage which has many balls to juggle.

]]> By: Duane Jackson http://www.accmanpro.com/2009/07/28/does-saas-matter-to-sage/comment-page-1/#comment-6619 Duane Jackson Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:50:20 +0000 http://www.accmanpro.com/?p=5210#comment-6619 If SaaS doesn't matter to Sage, why would they have invested 18 months of development time plust a load of money in developing their Sage Live application? <a href="http://bit.ly/mDXUU" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mDXUU</a> Surely that proves it matters to them? You can't attempt to run a marathon, get hit by a car in the first mile and then say, "Marathons? No, not interested in those I'm not going to bother running" whilst still wearing your bload-splattered competitor number. If SaaS doesn't matter to Sage, why would they have invested 18 months of development time plust a load of money in developing their Sage Live application? http://bit.ly/mDXUU

Surely that proves it matters to them?

You can't attempt to run a marathon, get hit by a car in the first mile and then say, "Marathons? No, not interested in those I'm not going to bother running" whilst still wearing your bload-splattered competitor number.

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