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How to thrive in a cloud and SaaS world – a Discover Performance webinar

 
HeatherMackey| March 7, 2013
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CIO-CFO SaaS webcast.JPGIf you’ve seen any stats about the growth of the software as a service (SaaS) industry, you know that SaaS is on a remarkable growth course. One analyst firm projects the SaaS market to hit $59 billion in 2013 and from there to grow to $75 billion next year.

 

Other research is showing that SaaS is accounting for a larger percentage of the overall cloud market. According to one study, that figure is more than 70%.

 

But where does this leave central IT and the CIO? How can CIOs get in front of SaaS—lead the business to more agility and greater competitiveness—without getting cut out of the loop? We decided to find out how a couple C-suite execs view SaaS. In our March 14 webinar “CIOs and CFOs: Who’s got SaaS?” we’re asking a former CIO (now CEO) and a current CFO to speak out about the upsides and challenges of SaaS, from their respective sides of the IT-business fence.

 

Getting SaaS smart

This is our second webcast to foster debate (and find common ground) between the heads of IT and finance. Our first one, about the CIO-CFO relationship, had sparks flying, great Q&A from participants, plus some key takeaways on how to make that relationship run more smoothly.

 

Why is SaaS so important that we made it the subject of our second webcast? For one thing, HP Software’s own CIO, Saum Mathur, has identified it as a key priority for CIOs in 2013.

 

Then we read reports like this one, about how CFOs want to see more benefits from IT outlays, and know it’s crucial that IT be able to talk about what it’s doing in terms the business understands. (And in fact, that’s the subject of the lead article in this month’s Discover Performance newsletter: “IT needs to speak the language of SaaS.”)

 

SaaS underpins many of the major trends happening in IT right now. Using it effectively can determine how competitive your business is. And as organizations follow Geoffrey Moore’s adage to identify core versus context, SaaS is only going to grow in strategic importance.

 

I hope you’ll register to join us March 14 at 9 am PDT, or if you can’t join us live, stop by to catch the on-demand replay.

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  • Alec Wagner is a longtime writer & editor, enterprise IT insider, and (generally) fearless digital nomad.
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  • I'm the community manager for Discover Performance and have been a writer/editor in the technology field for several years.
  • I've been with HP for 30 years. Half of that time was in R&D, mainly as an architect. The other 15 years has been spent in product management and product marketing. .
  • Mr. Suer is a senior manager for IT Performance Management. Prior to this role, Mr. Suer headed IT Performance Management Analytics Product Management including IT Financial Management and Executive Scorecard.
  • Paul Muller leads the global IT management evangelist team within the Software business at HP. In this role, Muller heads the team responsible for fostering HP’s participation in the IT management community, contributing to and communicating best-practice in helping IT perform better.
  • As Vice President and General Manager for HP Software in EMEA, I lead an end-to-end software team across all of HP’s European operations. As founder of a Uruguay based software developer I understand the real issues businesses are facing and the vital role technology can play in solving them.


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