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1061CLS April 27, 2012, 6 pages, A. Bakker $295.00 (Single User License)

Social technologies and mobile devices evolved in the marketplace concurrently. By bringing them into the enterprise, business and IT leaders can take advantage of a broad range of capabilities developed for consumer technologies and use them to develop business capabilities. The onus for innovation, however, rests with the creative IT leader, as providers of social business software and mobile devices remain largely undifferentiated with respect to business centric capabilities. The Strategic Perspective examines some of the synergies between mobile devices and social software and proposes several potential use cases for the mobile social duopoly within the enterprise.

1059CLS April 26, 2012, 4 pages, C. Burns, A. Bakker $295.00 (Single User License)

As 2012 began, our global survey of IT and business leaders revealed that the top business benefits expected of SaaS / Cloud business solutions are reduced capital expenditure and reduced time to market / time to value. At the same time, their top concerns are in security / privacy and in the ability to integrate and manage data used by these new applications. Saugatuck believes that these two sets of data indicate two types of enterprise IT planning and management approaches. This Strategic Perspective uses data from our 2012 global SaaS / Cloud business applications survey to illustrate this, and looks at how these delineate types of IT organizations and their associated acquisition criteria.

1056CLS April 20, 2012, 5 pages, A. Bakker $295.00 (Single User License)

Recent Saugatuck survey research combined with deep dive executive interviews and briefings indicate an evolving view of Cloud-based business software, and a shift in perception over what purposes the cloud may best be used for. The Strategic Perspective examines how the respondents’ key statements on their Cloud usage over the past several years and their expectations for the future differ by geographic region, and what vendors should do to improve their reach in these different markets.

1053STR April 11, 2012, 5 pages, B. Guptill $195.00 (Single User License)

Core enterprise business goals vary somewhat in priority from year to year. For 2012, enterprise business goals tend to emphasize growth in revenue and market share, including selling more to existing customers. Improvements in margins and budgets are less important now than in recent years. The relative ranking of enterprise business priorities for 2012 suggests that business recovery is well underway. This Strategic Perspective uses data from our 2012 global SaaS/Cloud business applications survey to more closely identify these enterprise business priorities. We examine how and why these have changed over the preceding years, and look at how these translate to IT investment this year and beyond, revisiting our Effectiveness Gap™ model as a means to help prioritize.

1052CLS April 11, 2012, 4 pages, M. West $195.00 (Single User License)

An emerging and disruptive master architecture – combining Cloud, Mobile, Social and Data Analytics plus Integration to on-premises Data Assets – is now forming to enable the Boundary-free Enterprise™ that Saugatuck foresaw in 2008. The Boundary-free Enterprise will not be constrained by organizational boundaries and firewalls, but can enable a new model of work and facilitate new business relationships that are not bound by time or place. Nevertheless, there are new risks and challenges that must be managed for its rewards to be fully realized.

1046STR March 27, 2012, 3 pages, A. Bakker $195.00 (Single User License)

Big Data and data analytics are gaining traction as an important area of focus in enterprise IT. As the discipline grows, it will drive businesses to seek answers and value from their own data. Saugatuck has seen an interest in leveraging this data for competitive advantage. To help our customers do this we have built this simple list of criteria to help judge the value of your data, as well as the likelihood of return on any data initiative conducted with an organization.

1045MKT March 23, 2012, 5 pages, R. Cohen, $195.00 (Single User License)

Telcos are already playing significant roles in Cloud IT and business services, but there remains a long road for them to travel. To play a central role in providing Cloud services, telcos will need to transform themselves in a number of ways, dealing with areas of expertise that have not necessarily been their real strength. In addition, they will need to become brokers that offer a broad range Cloud services as efficiently as their top competition.

This Strategic Perspective identifies the main hurdles that telcos need to overcome to become influential and relevant Cloud services providers to enterprises, including regulatory, business model, and technological hurdles. It also explores what effect telcos will have on various markets while acting as Cloud Service Brokers, acting as brokers between Cloud service providers and enterprise end-users, or acting as Cloud Service Providers.

1044MKT March 23, 2012, 5 pages, B. Guptill, $195.00 (Single User License)

Saugatuck research since 2008 has used the term “Cloud speed” as a short-hand for connoting a wide and deep range of market, technology and behavioral changes attributed to and enabled by Cloud IT and Cloud Business. This Strategic Perspective lays out a more concise definition for our research clients, along with insight and guidance regarding its current and likely impacts on Cloud services, providers, software/app development, and enterprise use and management of IT.

1043MKT March 21, 2012, 4 pages, M. West, $195.00 (Single User License)

In September 2008, we introduced the Saugatuck Cloud EcoStack™, a model describing five functional layers of the Cloud and their interrelations:

• Level 4 - Cloud Business Services and Operations
• Level 3 - Cloud Business Solutions
• Level 2 - Cloud Platforms & Hubs
• Level 1 - Cloud Infrastructure
• Level 0 - Cloud Technologies

In this Strategic Perspective we discuss two key uses of the Saugatuck Cloud EcoStack™, one for vendors to plan their Cloud strategies and identify business opportunities, and one for enterprise IT and users to apply in planning their evolving business solutions portfolios.

1040CLS March 16, 2012, 4 pages, C. Burns, $195.00 (Single User License)

Saugatuck’s most recent survey of IT users indicates that the decision to adopt a Cloud offering is still based largely on a perceived / desired reduction in costs. However, research into Cloud offerings has shown both differences and similarities in pricing by vendors of Cloud offerings. This Strategic Perspective relates to earlier pieces focused on the costs of Cloud IT, and is the third in a series offering guidance on the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Cloud IT offerings compared to traditional on-premises infrastructures.