On Demand Is In Demand:

SaaS Adoption Accelerates Among Large Enterprises

The largest companies in the world are allocating more of their budgets to “on demand” solutions such as salesforce.com or Workday as a part of their overall corporate IT strategy

Date of Publication: May 7, 2008

Number of Pages: 14 page report plus survey details for 32 pages total

Author: Donita Prakash

Contributing Editors: Eric Pearsall and Shally Bansal Stanley

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Overview:
While in recent years there’s been a tremendous uptake in Software as a Service (SaaS) among small and medium sized businesses, large Enterprises such as those in the Fortune 500 or Global 1000 have been slower to move to on-demand solutions.

As today’s workforce becomes more mobile, however, it becomes increasingly critical that employees be able to access their data wherever they go. On-demand software, delivered via the Internet, makes this possible as never before. And corporate America is finally taking notice.

A new Kelton Research survey commissioned by Acumen Solutions confirms that executives at Fortune 500 companies and other large enterprises are shifting their focus – and their funds – to on-demand software.

This research report provides a targeted and timely review of Enterprise adoption of on-demand solutions such as salesforce.com, WebEx, Google Enterprise, Microsoft Sharepoint, etc. In addition to reviewing the results from the Kelton Research survey, Acumen Solutions incorporates anecdotal evidence and case studies from field work in this report in order to illustrate the real life on-demand applications and adoption cycles we are seeing in our engagements within large organizations in the commercial, nonprofit and public sectors.

 

Table of Contents

• On-Demand Solutions Set to Grow in Enterprise Sector
  
• Why Are Large Enterprises Adopting SaaS?
  
• All Signs Point to Greater Enterprise Adoption of SaaS

Chart 1: On-Demand is Top Priority

• Concerns Unique to the Enterprise – Buyer “Be Aware”

Chart 2: Data Security & Integration Concerns

• Dealing with Data Protection
  
• Baking SaaS Into the Enterprise via Successful Systems Integration
  
• Return on Implementation = Successful User Adoption
  
• Trends From the Trenches

Chart 3: Representative Growth in SaaS Revenue

SaaS Adoption in Government

SaaS Growth Accelerates Outside U.S.

• Summary: The Overall Future Looks Bright for SaaS

Chart 4: SaaS Spending Projections

• Conclusion