Comments on: Why SaaS Will Take Over the World by Colin Kingsbury http://www.hrexaminer.com/why-saas-will-take-over-the-world-by-colin-kingsbury Wed, 23 May 2012 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: HRExaminer v2.44 | HR Examiner with John Sumser http://www.hrexaminer.com/why-saas-will-take-over-the-world-by-colin-kingsbury/comment-page-1#comment-3948 HRExaminer v2.44 | HR Examiner with John Sumser Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:02:39 +0000 http://www.hrexaminer.com/?p=13744#comment-3948 [...] Why SaaS Will Take Over the World by Colin Kingsbury As the chief executive of a SaaS provider of talent management systems, I might reasonably be expected to disagree strongly with John’s recent three-piece j’accuse, revisiting the pitfalls of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). In fact, I more or less agree with the substance of all of it. But that doesn’t matter because SaaS is still going to take over the world, and I’ll explain why. Read Now » Kenexa When I headed to Dallas for the Kenexa Analysts’ Summit, my expectations were pretty low. Imagine my surprise when I walked away from last week’s meeting with a powerfully positive view of the firm.Read Now » Branding 2012 The key to 21st Century marketing effectiveness is a combination of intimacy and search engine friendliness. A surprise branding challenger emerged at last month’s Recruiting Innovation Summit. Read Now » A Great Place To Work For Everyone I have a hundred “Why Virgin America is great” stories. Here are a couple from recent travels that highlight what it's like to work on a Virgin America flight for the customers and employees. Read Now » Reaching Wayback: Stay Tuned to Stay Ahead It’s hard to explain how different the world looks when you shift your focus. What seems subtle or obvious at first become the foundation of a whole new way of seeing things. Read Now »     [...] [...] Why SaaS Will Take Over the World by Colin Kingsbury As the chief executive of a SaaS provider of talent management systems, I might reasonably be expected to disagree strongly with John’s recent three-piece j’accuse, revisiting the pitfalls of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). In fact, I more or less agree with the substance of all of it. But that doesn’t matter because SaaS is still going to take over the world, and I’ll explain why. Read Now » Kenexa When I headed to Dallas for the Kenexa Analysts’ Summit, my expectations were pretty low. Imagine my surprise when I walked away from last week’s meeting with a powerfully positive view of the firm.Read Now » Branding 2012 The key to 21st Century marketing effectiveness is a combination of intimacy and search engine friendliness. A surprise branding challenger emerged at last month’s Recruiting Innovation Summit. Read Now » A Great Place To Work For Everyone I have a hundred “Why Virgin America is great” stories. Here are a couple from recent travels that highlight what it's like to work on a Virgin America flight for the customers and employees. Read Now » Reaching Wayback: Stay Tuned to Stay Ahead It’s hard to explain how different the world looks when you shift your focus. What seems subtle or obvious at first become the foundation of a whole new way of seeing things. Read Now »     [...]

]]> By: Alex Raymond http://www.hrexaminer.com/why-saas-will-take-over-the-world-by-colin-kingsbury/comment-page-1#comment-3938 Alex Raymond Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.hrexaminer.com/?p=13744#comment-3938 Great points, Colin.  I really like the caution that SaaS vendors shouldn't be too aggressive in rolling out new changes or features that change or compromise the user experience.  The idea is to support customers, not surprise them or force changes on them. On the buy versus rent debate, internal cost also plays a huge role.  When companies buy a system and bring it in-house, often the most expensive cost is internal IT support.  In my experience, I've also noticed that HR applications (with the possible exception of payroll) are always way down on the priority list for internal IT support - making another claim for SaaS. Great points, Colin.  I really like the caution that SaaS vendors shouldn’t be too aggressive in rolling out new changes or features that change or compromise the user experience.  The idea is to support customers, not surprise them or force changes on them.

On the buy versus rent debate, internal cost also plays a huge role.  When companies buy a system and bring it in-house, often the most expensive cost is internal IT support.  In my experience, I’ve also noticed that HR applications (with the possible exception of payroll) are always way down on the priority list for internal IT support – making another claim for SaaS.

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