Apps stores may succeed at the expense of SaaS

13.01.2011

Government Procurement Policy

There's little doubt that Government Procurement policies will continue to be under the spotlight in 2011. The Government has a difficult job ahead -- cutting costs where possible, but in a way that doesn't destroy the local ICT sector as has happened elsewhere. Certainly one to watch.

And The Cloud?

I'm going out on a limb here stating that I really don't see accelerated movement towards the Cloud in my crystal ball (other than in obvious areas such as email), especially in the consumer and small business space.

People starting to think more about data protection issues, along with other things (like IRD raising concerns about business data hosted offshore), and performance concerns will inevitably result in a slowing of Cloud adoption. In the meantime SaaS providers will continue to move towards more hybrid solutions, providing a better -- and more reliable -- experience.