Author: Bruce Guptill SaaS/Cloud software services and providers have matured to the point where, in almost every market, ISVs offer extremely similar functionality, and now need more and better ways of differentiation. And while that functionality may b ...

Author: Mike West In adapting to client needs for compliance with Solvency II in the UK, Milliman’s financial modeling solution went from a dedicated, on-premises, PC-based to a Cloud solution on the Microsoft Windows Azure platform, utilizing scalable h ...

Author: Bruce Guptill In our recent work with several Master Brand (i.e., ecosystem-dominant) ISVs, Saugatuck has recently revamped our ongoing research and guidance regarding ISV Cloud efforts. Over the years, we have identified core areas of management ...

Author: Mike West As Cloud adoption continues to accelerate, Saugatuck has revamped its ongoing ISV programs to refresh and expand our research and guidance regarding ISV Cloud efforts. Over the years, we have identified seven areas of management challen ...

Author: Robert Cohen If telcos are to compete with the Amazons, Googles, and Microsofts of the world in providing customers with Cloud services, they will need to transform their networks to incorporate a number of new capabilities. Telcos plan to become ...

Authors: Mike West and Bill McNee As many of our readers know, for the past seven (plus) years, Saugatuck has been researching ISV and Master Brand transitions into the Cloud with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings. Our earliest research was based on dozens o ...

Author: Bill McNee, Mike West As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology Architect at Accenture. Published originally as a 2-part set of delive ...

Authors: Bill McNee and Mike West As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology Architect at Accenture. Here Daugherty offers a range of insightfu ...

Authors: Bill McNee and Mike West As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology Architect at Accenture. Here Daugherty offers a range of insightfu ...

Author: Bill Kirwin Knowledge work continues to evolve as new tools are adopted while traditional tools continue to grow in use. Communication and collaboration have become the primary activities, consuming almost 90 percent of a typical day in the knowl ...

Authors: Larry Perlstein, Bill McNee As the deployment of social business technologies continues to grow and become an important component of corporate marketing strategies and customer interactions, companies need to establish appropriate guidelines for ...

Authors: Bill McNee, Bruce Guptill, Mike West On May 10, 2011, Saugatuck Technology launched the first in what will be a series of executive-level events that brings together the most Cloud-experienced technology leaders and senior business strategists, ...

Author: Bruce Guptill One of the most persistent suppositions and myths in IT today is that Cloud-based software development is less expensive, and delivers better results in less time, due to the wide availability and low cost of tools and resources. M ...

Author: Mike West Our research into how enterprises innovate, incubate, test and then launch Cloud Businesses indicates that there are approaches that definitely work and others that do not.  This Strategic Perspective highlights a preliminary list ...

Author: Robert McNeill Saugatuck’s experiences with IT users and executives continue to emphasize the fact that not every IT workload is suitable for Cloud IT. When IT operations, business processes, and applications are assessed against defined business ...

Author: Bruce Guptill Four world-class CIOs and CTOs shared one critical point of view at Saugatuck’s May 2011 Cloud Business Summit: Forty years of IT experience and practice is basically broken, and IT and business must transform together if they are t ...

Authors: Bill McNee and Mike West Cloud adoption among large enterprises continues to strengthen ahead of previous expectations, as businesses accelerate their investments in Cloud technologies and business solutions while reshaping themselves in the wak ...

Authors: Bill McNee and Mike West As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with John Schloff, VP Global Strategy at Pitney Bowes. Here Schloff offer a range of insightful views re ...

Authors: Bill McNee and Mike West As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with John Schloff, VP Global Strategy at Pitney Bowes. Here Schloff offers a range of insightful views r ...

Authors: Bill McNee, Mike West, Alex Bakker As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with Mike Wilens, President of Corporate Operations and Technology at Fidelity Investments. He ...

Authors: Bill McNee, Mike West, Alex Bakker As part of our ongoing Executive Insights research program, Saugatuck’s Bill McNee and Mike West recently caught up with Mike Wilens, President of Corporate Operations and Technology at Fidelity Investments. He ...