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07-30-08 Billing and Payment Hubs: Facilitating Commerce in the Cloud (M. West, 2 pages, RA-488)

07-24-08 Open Source and SaaS: Vendor Insights and Issues (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-485)

07-17-08 SaaS Acquisition Patterns: More Formal, “Front Door” Growth in More User Firms (B. Guptill, M. Koenig, 4 pages, RA-483)

07-10-08 Enterprise-Ready SaaS: Blue Chip Solution in the Business Portfolio? (B. Guptill, M. West, B. McNee, 5 pages, RA-481)

07-02-08 Microsoft Hyper-V Available: Should You Care? (C. Burns, B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-480)

06-25-08 RedHat, VMware Build Toward Enterprise Credibility – and Away from Point Solution Status (B. Guptill, C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-475)

06-18-08 Readying for Strong SaaS Market Growth in Europe (B. McNee, 4 pages, RA-472)

06-11-08 Apple’s iPhone 3G Indicates Important Cloud Computing Strategy (C. Beckham, M. Koenig, C. Burns, M. West, 3 pages, RA-471)

06-04-08 Cloud Computing and the Four Waves – Enveloping All Aspects of IT (B. Guptill, M. West, B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-470)

05-29-08 Browser Wars II: What Will be the Effects on SaaS, Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing? (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-466)

05-21-08 Mid-sized Firms Show Aggressive, Focused Growth in Adoption and Plans (B. Guptill, B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-465)

05-14-08 HP Acquires EDS: Not Déjà vu All Over Again (B. Guptill, C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-464)

05-07-08 SaaS and Core Systems of Record: Observations from the FEI Summit (B. McNee, 4 pages, RA-462)

04-30-08 Microsoft’s Live Mesh: Web 2.0 Play Enables Legacy Growth While Opening Future Opportunities  (B. Guptill, M. West, 3 pages, RA-459)

04-23-08 Road Research: Whither Open Source? MySQL Conference and Survey Report (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-456)

04-16-08 Platform-as-a-Service Evolves, Setting the Stage for Cloud Computing  (M. West, M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-454)

04-09-08 Shifting IT Realities Force XP Extension -- But Is It Enough for Microsoft?  (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-452)

04-02-08 3rd Annual SaaScon Shifts the SaaS Industry Spotlight to IT Executives (B. McNee, M. West, 3 pages, RA-451)

03-26-08 OpenSocial Foundation - Next Step on Road to Enterprise-Grade Web 2.0 (M. Koenig, 2 pages, RA-446)

03-19-08 Road Research: Top Asia-Pacific ISV and SaaS Concerns (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-445)

03-13-08 NetSuite's NS-BOS Platform Play Targets Vertical Channel Solutions (M. West, B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-443)

03-05-08 x86 Virtualization: Pain Killer or Panacea? (C. Burns, 2 pages, RA-441)

02 27-08 Microsoft Commits Expanded Interoperability (C. Burns, B. Guptill, M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-438)

02-20-08 Disruptive Influences: More, Faster, Bigger - and Changing (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-436)

02-13-08 Linux on Mobile: Signpost for Future Open Software Direction? (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-435)

02-06-08 On the Road in Europe: SaaS Demand Grows (B.  McNee, 5 pages, RA-434)

01-30-08 VMware’s Share Price and the Virtualization Marketplace (B. Guptill, C. Burns, M. West, 3 pages, RA-430)

01-23-08 IBM’s New Appliance-Cloud Architecture Augurs Key Trends in 2008 Acquisitions (M. Koenig, M. West, 3 pages, RA-427)

01-16-08 Oracle, BEA, Sun and MySQL: New Year, New Acquisitions (B. Guptill, 4 pages, RA-425)

01-09-08 IT Virtualization: Is Proliferation Breeding Confusion, Complexity and Cost? (C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-424)

01-02-08 A Rising Tide Swamps all Boats - Disruptive IT Impact in 2008 (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-422)

12-28-07 A Look Back at Key Trends and Events of 2007 (M. Koenig, B. McNee, 5 pages, RA-419)

12-20-07 Key Trends in SaaS: 2008 and Beyond (B. McNee, M. West, B. Guptill, M. Koenig, 6 pages, RA-417)

12-12-07 Traditional ISV Transition to SaaS: Reinvent or Virtualize? (M. West, C. Burns, B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-413)

12-05-07 Insight is the New Value-Add: The Evolving Role of the CFO (M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-412)

11-28-07 Verizon “Opens” Wireless Network: SaaS, Web 2.0, and Open Source Implications (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-409)

11-21-07 Server Virtualization Becoming More Real(izable) (C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-407)

11-14-07 IBM Agrees to Acquire Cognos: Logical, Strategic, Not Defensive (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-404)

11-07-07Google’s Android Mobile OS: Potential Game-changer Beyond Cell Phones? (B. Guptill, 4 pages, RA-403)

10-31-07 ISV Transitioning to SaaS: Common Threads and Best Practices (B. McNee, M. West, M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-402)

10-24-07 Open Source as Disruptive Influence: Research Study Highlights (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA, 398)

10-17-07 Oracle Goes After BEA; What Comes After That? (B. Guptill, M. West, 3 pages, RA-396)

10-10-07 SAP + Business Objects: Formalizing the Obvious and Moving Ahead (B. Guptill, M. West, B. McNee, 4 pages, RA-394)

10-03-07 Saugatuck Reader Survey: A Changing of the Guard (B. McNee, 2 pages, RA-392)

09-26-07 IT Management: Disruptive Influences Driving Four Stages of Evolution (C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-390)

09-19-07 SaaS Market Rumbles As On Demand Vendors Jockey For Position (Mike West, Mark Koenig, 2 pages, RA-387)

09-12-07 Linux Adoption Growth Stalling? What the Numbers Really Mean (Bruce Guptill, 2 pages, RA-385)

09-05-07 SaaS Marketplaces Emerge Amid Market Confusion and Opportunity (Mike West, 2 pages, RA-384)

08-29-07 HP Cloudprint: Innovation Beyond Technology (Mark Koenig, 3 pages, RA-380)

08-22-07 Emerging Licensing Differences: Risk to Open Source Users and Vendors? (Bruce Guptill, Mike West, 3 pages, RA-378)

08-15-07 VMware and XenSource Fuel Credibility for "Virtual" Reality (Bruce Guptill, 2 pages, RA-376)

08-08-07 IT Management Evolution Spells Vendor Opportunity (Charlie Burns, 2 pages, RA-375)

08-01-07 Enterprise 2007: CK Prahalad and the New Value Creation (Bill McNee, 3 pages, RA-374)

07-25-07 Callidus AppExchange Entry Raises Issues in Managing Ecosystems (B. Guptill, M. Koenig, M. West, 3 pages, RA-369)

07-18-07 Microsoft Enters the SaaS Marketplace Fray (M. Koenig, B. McNee, 2 pages, RA-366)

07-11-07 NetSuite IPO: A Repeat of the Late '90s? (M. West, B. McNee, 4 pages, RA-365)

07-04-07 The Mainframe is Dead: Long Live the Mainframe (C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-364)

06-27-07 Extending SaaS by the Playbook: Xactly Managed Services for SMBs (M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-361)

06-20-07 Greatest Open Source Presence and Impact: Behind the Scenes (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-358)

06-13-07 Virtualization and Open Source Enable IT Optimization – but Need Holistic Vision (C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-356)

06-06-07 SaaS Core Software Trend Implies Major Shifts in Market Dynamics (B. Guptill, B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-354)

05-30-07 Microsoft’s Moves May Galvanize Loose-Knit Open Source Community (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-352)

05-23-07 SOA, One Year Along: Slow Going with Mileposts of Progress (B. Guptill, M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-348)

05-16-07 Software 2007: Conference Trip Report (B. McNee, 4 pages, RA-346)

05-09-07 SAP to Add Business Process Performance Management with OutlookSoft (M. Koenig, B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-345)

05-03-07 SaaS Beyond the Tipping Point: Three Waves, Four Key Challenges, Five Planning Positions (M. West, M. Koenig, 5 pages, RA-343)

04-25-07 SaaScon 2007 Trip Report (B. McNee, 4 pages, RA-340)

04-18-07 Sun Works to Open Solaris to More Storage Opportunities (B. Guptill, C. Burns, 2-pages, RA-338)

04-11-07 New Testing Standards May Accelerate Linux Data Center Growth (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-335)

04-04-07 Trip Report: IBM Open Source Briefings (B. Guptill, C. Burns, 3 pages, RA-334)

03-28-07 SaaS Adoption: Skyrocketing on All Cylinders! (M. West, B. McNee, 2 pages, RA-332)

03-21-07 Cisco + WebEx = A New SaaS Master Platform? (M. Koenig, M. West, B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-330)

03-14-07 C-Team Research: Growing Top-line Revenues Paramount (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-327)

03-07-07 One Year Later: SaaS Breaks Out (M. Koenig, 2 pages, RA-326)

02-28-07 Niche SaaS Markets Heat Up As Master Brands Begin To Weigh In (M. West, M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-323)

02-21-07 C-Team Research: Innovation Divergence May Inhibit Investment (M. West, 2 pages, RA-320)

02-14-07 Progress Software: Pointing Toward SaaS 2.0 (M. West, 2 pages, RA-318)

02-07-07 C-Team Research: “Here In IT, We are All Above Average” (M. Koenig, B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-317)

01-31-07 IBM SofTek Acquisition Plays to SaaS 2.0 and IT Spending Trends (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-313)

01-24-07 Social Networking Means Business in 2007 (M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-311)

01-17-07 Workday Goes To Market with its New Breed of HCM and ERP (B. McNee, M. West, 2 pages, RA-309)

01-10-07 IT Insights & Trends: Spending to focus on Integration, Efficiency and Effectiveness through 2007 (B. Guptill, 3 pages, RA-307)

01-03-2007 Saugatuck Research: SOA Reality Comes in Three Waves (B. Guptill, M. West, 3 pages, RA-306)

12-28-2006 Booming Support for Mission-Critical Application Workloads on Linux (B. Guptill, B. McNee, 2 pages, RA-304)

12-20-06 Diamonds in the Rough: Shifting Enterprise Strategies for Deploying Applications and Business Process Functionality (E. Keller, B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-302)

12-14-06 Open Source: 2006 Strategic Growth Kick-Starts a Hot 2007 (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-300)

12-06-06 Four Trends in One Merger: Business Objects Buys NSite (M. Koenig, 3 pages, RA-298)

11-30-06 Microsoft Launches Unprecedented Software Blitz . . . . Quietly (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-297)

11-22-06 SaaS 2.0 In Action: AMEX-Rearden Commerce Launch AXIOM eMarketplace (B. McNee, 3 pages, RA-293)

11-15-06 Sun Opens Up Java: What Next? (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-292)

11-08-06 Utility Computing: Immediate Benefits Kick-start User Attraction (C. Burns, B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-291)

11-03-06 Wake Up, Little SuSE: MSFT Signs Non-Aggression Pact with Novell, Formalizes Windows Role in Open Source (B. Guptill, M. Koenig, M. West, 2 pages, RA-289)

11-01-06 Oracle and RedHat: Shaping the Future of Open Source (B. Guptill, 2 pages, RA-288)

10-26-06 Salesforce Announces Further Expansion of its Strategy at Dreamforce (M. West, B. McNee, 2 pages, RA-283)

10-18-06 Key Pitfalls and Challenges on the Road to the IT Utility (Guptill, Burns, 4 pages, RA-280)

10-11-06 GoogTube and Microsoft Video: Coming Soon to an Enterprise Near You? (Koenig, 3 pages, RA-279)

10-04-06 RedHat Shows Open Source Software is Just Business After All (Guptill, 1 page, RA-277)

09-27-06 SaaScon and WebEx: Trip Report Highlights (McNee, 4 pages, RA-276)

09-20-06 SaaS Assessment Checklist: Flexibility and Choice are Key (McNee, 2 pages, RA-272)

09-13-06 Hewlett-Packard: Changing the Captain and Staying the Course – but How to Navigate Innovation? (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-271)

09-05-06 Microsoft Vista Licensing: Reflecting Market Realities (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-269)

08-30-06 New Software Licensing and Delivery Models Gaining Momentum (Koenig, 2 pages, RA-268)

08-23-06 Recent Deals Help Move Software Boundaries from Applications to Business Processes (West,  Burns, 2 pages, RA-265)

08-16-06 IBM Expands Open Source Strategy Scope at LinuxWorld (Mcnee, Guptill, 3 pages, RA-263)

08-09-06 NetSuite and CompUSA Dig New Channel for SaaS Applications (Koenig, 2 pages, RA-260)

08-02-06 Hewlett Packard Buys Mercury Interactive (McNee, Koenig, 3 pages, RA-259)

07-26-06 Utility Computing: History Repeats Itself (Burns, 2 pages, RA-257)

07-19-06 Saugatuck Research Indicates Modest SOA Adoption (Koenig, Perrin, 2 pages, RA-256)

07-12-06 Users and Vendors: Change Business to Improve IT (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-254)

07-05-06 Consolidation Continues for Security Solution Providers (Koenig, 2 pages, RA-252)

06-28-06 Microsoft Unified Communications: A Key Step Toward Mass-Market CPM? (Guptill, 3 pages, RA-251)

06-21-06 Saugatuck Reader Survey: Surprising Results at the Bottom . . . (McNee, Guptill, 2 pages, RA-250)

06-14-06 Backing-in to CPM: CFO Conference Highlights (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-249)

06-07-06 SOA: IT Means to a Business End (Burns, Guptill, 3 pages, RA-247)

05-31-06 On Demand-SaaS Panel: Evidence of Market Evolution (McNee, 3 pages, RA-246)

05-24-06 Variable, Hybrid Software Future Could Stifle User Innovation (Guptill, 3 pages, RA-244)

05-17-06 Utility Computing: Key Considerations (Cassell, Burns, 2 pages, RA-243)

05-10-06 Microsoft, SAP Duet: Off Tune, or In Synch? (Guptill, 3 pages, RA-241)

05-03-06 SaaS 2.0: Seven Key Software-as-a-Service Trends (McNee, Guptill, Koenig, 5 pages, RA-240)

04-26-06 Sun Leadership Change: New Boss, Same Company (Guptill, Cassell, 2 pages, RA-237)

04-19-06 Managing Software Ecosystems: Make Alliances into Lines of Business (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-236)

04-12-06 Software 2006 - Trip Report Highlights (Guptill, McNee, 4 pages, RA-235)

04-05-06 Is Advertising Supported Software Ready for Prime Time? (Koenig, 3 pages,  RA-234)

03-29-06 Flexibility Drives Eight Key Market Trends: 2006-2007 (McNee, Guptill, 3 pages, RA-233)

03-22-06 Changing IT Costs – Implications for Users and IT Vendors (Cassell, McNee, 2 pages, RA-232)

03-15-06 Roundtable Highlights: Capital Investment and its Impact on IT Spending 2006-2007 (B. Guptill, B. McNee, 2 pages, RA-231)

03-08-06 SMBs Surpass Large Enterprises in SaaS for Critical Applications (Guptill, Koenig, 2 pages, RA-229)

03-01-06 Key Storage Trends Through 2010 (Cassell, 2 pages, RA-228)

02-22-06 Offshoring: Keeping It Safe by Keeping It In-house (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-227)

02-15-06 Oracle’s Bold Open Source Moves (McNee, 2 pages, RA-225)

02-08-06 Saugatuck Research Points to Success for Software-as-a-Service Offering from SAP and Other Traditional Software Vendors (Koenig, 2 pages, RA-224)

02-01-06 IBM CIMS Lab Acquisition Reduces Inhibitors to IT Utility Environments (Guptill, Cassell, 2 pages, RA-220)

01-25-06 On the Horizon: High Impact Technologies for 2010 (Koenig, 2 pages, RA-219)

01-18-06 User Executives Raise Business Intelligence Prioritization (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-217)

01-12-06 Bangalore Attack Emphasizes that Disaster Planning Extends to Outsourcing (Cassell, 2 pages, RA-216)

01-04-06 Back to the Future: Joint Venture AD Returns in 2006 (Koenig, McNee, Bowles, West, 3 pages, RA-215)

12-29-05 Key Trend for 2006: Tactically Strategic Investments Continue (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-214)

12-22-05 HP Announces Flexible Computing Services - Back to the Future (Cassell, 1 page, RA-213)

12-15-05 The IT Utility: Key Obstacles and Inhibitors to Overcome (Cassell, 3 pages, RA-212)

12-07-05  Barbarians at the Gate: Business Service Providers Threaten Vendors  (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-211)

11-30-05 Competition for Business Process Services Heats Up: UPS Targets Oracle in TV Ad (Koenig, 2 pages, RA-210)

11-23-05  Pay-As-You-Go: Migration to the IT Utility Confirmed by Survey Results (Koenig, Cassell, 2 pages, RA-209)

11-16-05 Software-as-a-Service: Survey Results Support Industry Trend Toward Disruptive Business Model (Koenig, McNee, 2 pages, RA-208)

11-09-05 Microsoft Memos: Further SIgns of a Utility / Services Reality (Guptill, McNee, 2 pages, RA-207)

11-02-05 SOA Adoption: Business Benefits Drive Strong Demand (McNee, Guptill, 2 pages, RA-206)

10-26-05 Utility IT Growth will Leverage Open Source-based Software (Guptill, 1 page, RA-204)

10-19-05 Open Source: Survey Points to Aggressive Customer Adoption (McNee, 1 page, RA-203)

10-12-05 Microsoft Announces Licensing For Virtual Environments (Cassell, 1 page, RA-202)

10-05-05 Cisco Announces Utility Data Center Initiatives (Cassell, 1 page, RA-201)

09-28-05 Meet the New Microsoft: Same Emperor, Different Clothes? (Guptill, 1 page, RA-200)

09-21-05 Saugatuck Introduces Saugatuck Planning Positions (SPP). (Cassell, McNee, 1 page, RA-199)

09-14-05 Oracle Acquires Siebel as Master Brand Strategy Emerges (Koenig, Cassell, Guptill, 1 page, RA-197)

09-07-05 Microsoft Targets Mid-sized Firms with Dynamic Offerings (Guptill, 1 page RA-196)

08-31-05 Katrina’s Impact on the IT Industry: The Multiplier Effect (McNee, Guptill, 4 pages, RA-195)

08-24-05 Plumtree makes BEA More Attractive as Middleware Play (Guptill, McNee, 1 page, RA-194)

08-18-05 Is Eclipse a Glimpse of an IBM-centric Open Source Future for ISVs? (Guptill, 1 page, RA-193)

08-11-05 Evolving Business Priorities:  Compliance and Security Outweighed By Efficiency and Productivity Investments (Guptill, McNee, 1 page, RA-192)

08-04-05 i-Flex Purchase Boosts Oracle Ecosystem and Market Consolidation  (Guptill, 1 page, RA-191)

07-28-05 Software Revenue and Earnings Concentration: Running the Numbers (McNee, Cassell, 1 page, RA-190)

07-21-05 HP Announces Cost Cutting and Restructuring (Cassell, McNee, 1 page, RA-189)

07-14-05  Unisys' New Utility Outsourcing Model (McNee, 1 page, RA-188)

07-07-05  Microsoft Settles IBM Suit, But Maintains Agressive Stance (Guptill, 1 page, RA-186)

06-30-05 Acquisitions Fill Gaps in Virtual Infrastructures: IBM buys Meiosys  (Cassell, 1 page, RA-185)

06-23-05 U.S. Coder Decline to Impact SaS, SOA, Offshoring, Standardization (Guptill, 1 page, RA-184)

06-16-05 SUN Opens Solaris Source Code - But Will That Help? (Guptill, 1 page, RA-183)

06-15-05 HP Splits the PC From The Imaging and Printing Group (Cassell, 1 page, RA-182)

06-08-05  IBM, Apple Divorce: Big Blue Gets the House, and a Future (Guptill, 1 page, RA-180)

06-08-05  SUN Microsystems to Acquire StorageTek (STK) (Cassell, 1 page, RA-179)

06-02-05  Utility Computing Spending Gap (Cassell, McNee, 1 page, RA-178)

05-25-05 Business Performance Transformation Services Arrive: IBM and Nortel Announce Strategic Development Agreement (Koenig, 1 page, RA-176)

05-25-05 Apple May Choose Intel for its Technology Vendor (Cassell, 1 page, RA-174)

05-19-05 HP 2Q Results - Are They Sustainable? (Cassell, 1 page, RA-173)

05-10-05 IBM Moves Up The Open Source Stack (McNee, 1 page, RA-171)

05-04-05 IT Strategists: Learn from Wall Street Business Shifts  (Koenig, 1 page, RA-169)

04-27-05 Microsoft and SAP Link Up in Mendocino (Guptill, 2 pages, RA-168)

04-20-05 Security Breach Hits Indian BPO Provider (Isaac, 1 page, RA-167)

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