Gartner's SaaS Market Report. Worldwide total software revenue for software as a service (SaaS) within the enterprise software markets is projected to surpass $5.1 billion in 2007, a 21 percent increase from 2006 revenue, according to Gartner, Inc.
The market is poised for strong growth through 2011, when worldwide revenue will reach $11.5 billion. ebizQ received the following details: Gartner analysts said adoption of SaaS varies widely across software markets, contributing as little as 1 percent of total software revenue in some markets and more than 75 percent in others. For example, in enterprise content management (ECM) and search, SaaS adoption is in the range of 1 percent to 2 percent of total software spending. Within e-learning and Web conferencing, SaaS accounts for more than 60 percent and 70 percent of total market revenue. Is Google Insurmountable? - Digits. Web 2.0 Tools Gain Enterprise Acceptance. It's a humble appliance, but, without it, workplace culture doesn't stand a chance.
It's the water cooler, where employees meet to open up about themselves and their work. But as companies disperse operations globally and encourage employees to telecommute, the old-time water cooler is getting to be a lonely place. What's needed is a virtual water cooler-a browser-based application that will enable employees to easily find each other to exchange information and advice. Highlights Four Ways in Which Enterprises Are Using Twitter. STAMFORD, Conn., March 26, 2009 View All Press Releases By 2011, Enterprise Microblogging Will Be a Standard Feature on 80 Percent of Social Software Platforms As businesses struggle to consider the uses of microblogging platforms such as Twitter in the workplace, Gartner, Inc. has highlighted the four ways in which organizations are using Twitter.
"Despite the fact that Twitter is primarily aimed at individual users in the consumer market, many of those individuals work for companies and 'tweet' about business issues, leading businesses to explore how they could best use it," said Jeffrey Mann, research vice president at Gartner. 'Digital Natives' are Driving Web 2.0 Adoption into Yo.