The document discusses the growth of software as a service (SaaS) and cloud computing. Some key points:
- The SaaS market is expected to reach €10B in 2009 and grow at a 40% compound annual rate. 75% of companies currently use at least one SaaS application.
- By 2010, 45% of companies will spend over 25% of their IT budget on SaaS, up from 23% today.
- SaaS and cloud computing are disruptive for traditional IT channels and will require converting existing resellers and systems integrators or creating new vertical and aggregator channels.