Comments on: When The Cloud Becomes The Silver-Lining… http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/ News, Views & Reviews on BPM, Performance Management & IT industry trends Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jaisundar http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Jaisundar Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:42:22 +0000 http://jaisundar.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-180 @Sanjay: You said it. I had the opportunity of looking at ASP solutions from real close - and was even involved in the development of two products. Trust me, the proposition for a hosted solution seemed very promising at that time - and we had invested quite a bit of effort into that model. VCs were pumping money into ASP start ups and the market was sitting up and it really did seem like 'tomorrow is here'. But the ASP model didnt turn out to be a disruptive concept in the end. Looking back, the reasons we gave for its failure were not as accurate as we can make them now. We can give a lot of reasons why ASP failed, but the most interesting reason according to me is quite oblique. Looking at the way the market is warming up to SaaS i now think that perhaps the market then didnt have a very compelling need to cut cost or need to look at ways to spend less. I think you always need to be in a corner to think radically and DO radically. And the markets this time have really pushed everyone there. @Sanjay: You said it. I had the opportunity of looking at ASP solutions from real close – and was even involved in the development of two products. Trust me, the proposition for a hosted solution seemed very promising at that time – and we had invested quite a bit of effort into that model. VCs were pumping money into ASP start ups and the market was sitting up and it really did seem like ‘tomorrow is here’. But the ASP model didnt turn out to be a disruptive concept in the end.
Looking back, the reasons we gave for its failure were not as accurate as we can make them now.
We can give a lot of reasons why ASP failed, but the most interesting reason according to me is quite oblique. Looking at the way the market is warming up to SaaS i now think that perhaps the market then didnt have a very compelling need to cut cost or need to look at ways to spend less.

I think you always need to be in a corner to think radically and DO radically. And the markets this time have really pushed everyone there.

]]> By: Sanjay Valiyaveettil http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Sanjay Valiyaveettil Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:00:11 +0000 http://jaisundar.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-179 Liked your post. I agree that tough times will really drive innovation on how IT products and services are consumed. The Cloud may well be one of the solutions. The real driving force is Virtualization and this is the primary difference between the ASP model and the Cloud/SaaS model. Virtualization on every level has meant that you can "squeeze" more out of your infrastructure. Add the pervasiveness of the internet suddenly all your infrastructure does not necessarily have to reside in one place. Exciting stuff for sure. Liked your post. I agree that tough times will really drive innovation on how IT products and services are consumed. The Cloud may well be one of the solutions.

The real driving force is Virtualization and this is the primary difference between the ASP model and the Cloud/SaaS model. Virtualization on every level has meant that you can “squeeze” more out of your infrastructure. Add the pervasiveness of the internet suddenly all your infrastructure does not necessarily have to reside in one place.

Exciting stuff for sure.

]]> By: shanky http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/comment-page-1/#comment-178 shanky Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:32:55 +0000 http://jaisundar.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-178 Hi Sundar Great to see you going from Bragging to blogging. Your piece "cloud computing for Dummies" is informative and hope to see more stuff on other IT related topics. Hi Sundar

Great to see you going from Bragging to blogging. Your piece “cloud computing for Dummies” is informative and hope to see more stuff on other IT related topics.

]]> By: Jaisundar http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Jaisundar Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:58:54 +0000 http://jaisundar.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-177 Hey Tyaga! Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment! Hope to see you around often! Hey Tyaga! Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment! Hope to see you around often!

]]> By: Thiagarajan http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Thiagarajan Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:43:44 +0000 http://jaisundar.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-176 Jaisundar Good to see a classmate blogging on future technology. Thiaga Jaisundar

Good to see a classmate blogging on future technology.

Thiaga

]]> By: Jaisundar http://www.bouncingthoughts.com/2009/03/when-the-cloud-becomes-the-silver-lining/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Jaisundar Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:14:05 +0000 http://jaisundar.wordpress.com/?p=205#comment-175 T, Thanks. That was a very nice comment - though you are no simpleton! T, Thanks. That was a very nice comment – though you are no simpleton!

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