SaaS Implementation Survey: Where, When,and How to Use SaaS

Author(s): Craig Roth


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Although software as a service (SaaS) offers a great deal of promise to ease the pressure on IT's to-do list, reduce rollout times, and cut costs, our survey of organizations that have implemented SaaS shows that the manner in which it is being approached is still immature. Burton Group found that a majority of organizations have had a positive experience with SaaS, with many experiencing significant financial benefits. But organizations will have a better SaaS experience if they control the risk that is in IT's purview, mitigate the risk in the vendor's hands, and validate the remaining risks that the business must accept.

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