Business Intelligence Trends: Everything-as-a-Service

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Wherever you look these days in the world of information management, the word “service” appears. In fact, research giant IDC says there’s an emerging trend these days of “everything as a service,” noting that industry titans IBM, Microsoft, Sun, and Cisco, as well as many other smaller players, will dive feet-first into the online provisioning of services.

Tune into this episode of DM Radio to find out the pros and cons of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We'll hear from: Anant Jhingan, CTO for IBM Information Management; industry stalwart Howard Dresner, former Gartner analyst, now independent consultant; and Web 2.0 guru Mark Madsen, Principal of Third Nature. Attendees will learn:

• What the industry titans have up their sleeves, vis-à-vis SaaS
• The pitfalls and power of SaaS
• How 'Shadow' SaaS can help the business solve problems quickly
• Why SaaS is particularly attractive to small and mid-sized businesses
• What to ask your SaaS vendor before signing on the dotted line