AMI’s study further validates that Indian SMB sector is ripe for targeted SaaS solutions…
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Indian SMB Sector Ripe for New Breed of IT Solutions
Published by March 23rd, 2007 in software industry, bottom-of-the-pyramid and SaaS. 3291 CommentsResurgence of the Indian SMB Sector
Published by January 16th, 2007 in software industry, bottom-of-the-pyramid and SaaS. 2548 CommentsBusiness World’s cover story says that the Indian SMB sector is now booming.
Rethinking SaaS: Still a Horseless Carriage, Not Yet a Car
Published by December 29th, 2006 in software industry and SaaS. 2098 CommentsThere is no doubt that SaaS is becoming part of the mainstream… Ultimately SaaS will be about market expansion, not displacement. It will not be about replacing horse carriages by cars (although that will happen), but about making a Model T affordable to a whole new class of buyers… Undoubtedly this will be another orbit shift. How soon will it come? Where will it come from?
Rethinking SaaS for India
Published by December 19th, 2006 in software industry, entrepreneurship, bottom-of-the-pyramid and SaaS. 2564 CommentsSandHill.com has recently published “Rethinking SaaS for India”, my second article in the series India DNA Talk. I write about how SaaS can be tailored to meet the needs of a whole new segment of micro-firms in India. The addressable market opportunity is large. Like with all bottom-of-the-pyramid opportunities, this requires in-market incubation and in-market experimentation to get to the right model. I am optimistic that this will happen soon. Do you share that optimism?
SaaS Business Intelligence Gets a Boost
Published by December 3rd, 2006 in software industry and SaaS. 2187 CommentsToday a small business can get good quality email (Gmail), telephony (Skype), hosting and accounting software (free on Office Live), and more. But it can’t get affordable price analytics software or some business intelligence software. The reason has been to do with the traditional license model “load, update, and upgrade”. Luckily this is changing. One data point is Business Object’s acquisition of Nsite.
Nick Carr Labels it the Era of Frugal Computing
Published by November 10th, 2006 in software industry, adaptable infrastucture and SaaS. 54 CommentsNick Carr has a delightful commentary on … the shift that is talking place in the industry… and characterizes this as the “era of frugal computing”. While I think frugal computing is an evocative name… it doesn’t do justice to the industry transformation that is taking place…
