ZDNET's key takeaways Per-seat software licenses may soon be obsolete.Most software will soon be purchased by agents.Prepare ...

Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies ...

… radical new business model: Users rule. Software-as-a-service, or SaaS for short, beats out open-source and offshoring as the most disruptive aspect of the software industry, and the one that will ...

A look beyond the hype of software-as-a-service. Customers need to consider data security, support models, SOA, integration and whether an application is mission-critical. Software-as-a-service is ...

With all the hoopla about Software-as-a-Service apps and mobile computing, it’s easy to forget that infrastructure software—everything from operating systems to middleware to databases—remains the ...

Terms seem to change meaning so often in IT. It used to be that outsourcing conjured up images of Bangalore. For many firms, outsourcing now is synonymous with software-as-a-service from companies ...

Matt Asay is a veteran technology columnist who has written for CNET, ReadWrite, and other tech media. Asay has also held a variety of executive roles with leading mobile and big data software ...

NEC Corporation has agreed to acquire US-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider CSG Systems International in a deal ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The impact hyperscalers are having on independent software vendors (ISVs) is real and ...

Historically, environmental health and safety software hasn’t been a massive market — at least compared to others in the software-as-a-service segment — and it’s admittedly not the most enthralling ...

New reports include recommendations for software vendors to crack down on piracy, hold off on the rush to cloud computing, and outsource back-office processes Clamping down on pirates, simplifying ...