I was there too.
It is always entertaining/interesting/uncomfortable to have a person from a vendor talk about their product -- when it is clear they do not understand the capability of their product. Especially when it is in a room full of 10+ year veterans -- who really do know their stuff. The presenter was being very non-committal as these are "early days" of the offering. But - I think the SaaS world is all around "absolute definitions" -- so as to be able to scale within expected ranges. If you have a "loose definition" of your offering -- I think you will end up in big trouble. (Or - you will have to spend a major amount of energy smoothing it over). (AKA - lose money) -John On Nov 10, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Chowdhury, Tauf wrote: ** Listers, Hey, I just wanted to get your opinions on the Remedy SaaS vision. I was at the Column Roadshow in NYC where the BMC rep presenting Remedy OnDemand got hammered on issues with the SaaS platform. Mainly, it was around the “loss” of control and limited support of customizations. There were also issues around upgrades. Have any of you given this a thought? It provided for some entertaining dialogue last night so it should be even more so here on the list! Tauf Chowdhury | Forest Laboratories, Inc. Analyst, Service Management Informatics-Infrastructure Office: 631.858.7765 Mobile:646.483.2779 This e-mail and its attachments may contain Forest Laboratories, Inc. proprietary information that is privileged, confidential or subject to copyright belonging to Forest Laboratories, Inc. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ -- John Sundberg Kinetic Data, Inc. "Building a Better Service Experience" Recipient of: WWRUG10 Best Customer Service/Support Award WWRUG09 Innovator of the Year Award john.sundb...@kineticdata.com 651.556.0930 I www.kineticdata.com _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
