Comments on: Beyond SaaS, Beyond PaaS – the SugarCRM Open Cloud http://www.crmoutsiders.com/2009/11/11/beyond-saas-beyond-paas-the-sugarcrm-open-cloud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-saas-beyond-paas-the-sugarcrm-open-cloud Former analyst and journalist discuss CRM from the vendor-side Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Josh Sweeney http://www.crmoutsiders.com/2009/11/11/beyond-saas-beyond-paas-the-sugarcrm-open-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Josh Sweeney Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:03:36 +0000 http://www.crmoutsiders.com/?p=1064#comment-2152 Great post Martin. Technical terms and systems always take an interesting turn when the language used to describe them become buzzwords and marketing jumps on the bandwagon. The truth is that cloud computing can never really kill Saas because cloud computing is an architecture and furthermore a design decision. Saas is an application delivery model. It looks like even IT industry giants are getting caught up in the distinction debate. http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600769&cid=nl_IW_cloud_html Great post Martin. Technical terms and systems always take an interesting turn when the language used to describe them become buzzwords and marketing jumps on the bandwagon. The truth is that cloud computing can never really kill Saas because cloud computing is an architecture and furthermore a design decision. Saas is an application delivery model.

It looks like even IT industry giants are getting caught up in the distinction debate. http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221600769&cid=nl_IW_cloud_html

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