Optimizing your investments in SaaS, SOA and packaged apps

March 05, 2009 Published by  SearchCIO.com CIO Briefing SaaS, SOA and packaged apps: Optimizing your software investments SearchCIO.com, Staff In an effort to formulate a successful software strategy, many IT organizations are optimizing their software investments in SaaS, SOA and packaged applications. CIOs have a number of options when it comes time to consolidate, upgrade or add new applications. The range of hosting service options includes on-demand software subscriptions, mashups and traditional on-premise licenses of package software. This CIO Briefing explores the true costs, benefits and challenges of the various approaches to help IT decision makers formulate a software strategy. It also addresses how enterprise IT organizations can make cost-effective decisions about new and existing investments in SaaS, SOA and packaged applications. VISIT THE GUIDE   ADVERTISEMENT   Get the most out of SearchCIO.com SearchCIO.com's Tips - A collection of insights from the brightest minds in the market. Top five tips to kick-start your ITIL strategy ITIL cert: Industry game changer IT asset management focus drives Toyota Motorsport Information lifecycle needs data realignment, and fast!   ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchCIO.com, part of the TechTarget network. TechTarget provides IT professionals with the resources they need to perform their jobs: Web sites, newsletters, forums, blogs, white papers, webcasts, events and more. Copyright 2009 TechTarget. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. We're sending you this information based on the Topics you selected in your TechTarget Member Profile. To unsubscribe, click here. Unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. Contact Us: SearchCIO.com Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 Contact: Webmaster@techtarget.com When you access content from this newsletter, your information may be shared with the sponsors or future sponsors of that content as described in our Privacy Policy: PRIV LINK