The software-as-service proposition has been around for some time already. But with the popularization of initiatives like Apps for your domain from Google, it is time for SaS to become mainstream and reach the business press, leving behind the IT rooms. One of the keystones to mark a new technology as something to look at is the moment it reaches the pages of The Economist. Not that this is the first time, or that it will really bring a big change, but it presents sort of a “mature enough” value to many readers and decision makers around the world.
And this article in The Economist deals with software becoming a common service that can be paid for time, compsumption… like any utility. Well, that is not news, the discussion on these issues has been big since the article “IT Doesn’t Matter”. My answer is that, at this moment, complex applications are being offered as services, and the trend is affecting some key services with more and more flexibility, and -what is more important- integration capabilities. That means space for innovation outside and inside companies, using technology and flexibility as drivers, like never before.
Apparently the opportunities for those willing to provide services for small and medium sized companies are not over with Salesforce.com or Research in Motion. Maybe there is some space for innovation here, and an interesting one not only for Google or Microsoft. What do you think? Is this really new or just a consequence of communication and storage costs going down?


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