{"id":29423,"date":"2017-05-18T13:19:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/news\/2017\/may\/18\/why-saas-runaway-train-s-showing-no-signs-stopping-business\/"},"modified":"2017-05-18T13:19:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T13:19:19","slug":"why-saas-is-a-runaway-train-thats-showing-no-signs-of-stopping-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/why-saas-is-a-runaway-train-thats-showing-no-signs-of-stopping-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SaaS is a \u2018runaway train that\u2019s showing no signs of stopping\u2019 in business"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three quarters of organisations say 80% of their apps will be software as a service (SaaS) by 2020, while 38% of companies are already running ‘almost entirely’ on SaaS, according to a new report from BetterCloud.<\/p>\n

The report, which polled more than 1,800 IT professionals, also found that larger organisations are not the laggards that many believe. Only a quarter (27%) of medium to large enterprises have the vast majority of their applications as SaaS today, but this number is expected to rise to 69% by 2020 – compared to 75% for SMBs – and 86% after 2022.<\/p>\n

“Larger enterprises are slower to act, but once they do, they add legitimacy, turning a fringe trend to a mainstream mainstay,” the report notes. “In regards to SaaS adoption, that tipping point has occurred.”<\/p>\n

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BetterCloud coins those who have moved almost everything away from on-prem as ‘SaaS-powered workplaces’. These organisations use 34 SaaS apps on average – more than two times the average workplace – while benefits are evident if scattered. An overwhelming 52% said that compared to the average organisation they were more likely to say SaaS helps attract better talent, with 31% citing employee satisfaction, while only 8% and 7% respectively cited communication and cost benefits.<\/p>\n

The management side is also worth noting. According to the research, 88% of very small businesses and 74% of small to medium businesses say their SaaS apps are managed by the IT department. This number goes down to 42% when looking at the larger organisations, but the trend is there for the emergence of the SaaS-powered workplace in ‘empowering IT to run the world’s best workplaces through technology’, as the report notes. In contrast, the 2016 report<\/a> from BetterCloud found that corporate IT departments were drowning in the deluge of SaaS app requests.<\/p>\n

“SaaS is a double-edged sword – while it brings incredible benefits, it also creates formidable challenges that are taking the roles and responsibilities of IT to new extremes,” said David Politis, founder and CEO of BetterCloud.<\/p>\n

You can download the full report here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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