SaaS could help businesses out of economic downturn (23/07/2010)

A new study has shown how many businesses think software as a service (Saas) and cloud computing will help them out of the economic downturn.

Research by Vanson Bourne, commissioned by Savvis, found that 68 per cent of IT and businesses decision makers believe SaaS will aid them.

Furthermore, the respondents felt that they could save an average of 15 per cent on their IT budgets, with some predicting 40 per cent.

Crucially, 96 per cent of the IT decision makers felt confident or more confident in SaaS than they were in 2009, demonstrating how the benefits of the solutions are being communicated.

Bryan Doerr, chief technology officer at Savvis, said: "Flexibility and pay-as-you-go elasticity are driving many of our clients toward cloud computing.

"However, it's important, especially for our large enterprise clients, to work with an IT provider that not only delivers cost savings, but also tightly integrates technologies, applications and infrastructure on a global scale."

Hosted solutions for businesses could include Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Dynamics CRM.

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