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Pete - who has written 10 posts on SaaSPert: Software as a Service (SaaS) Insights.

Born in Cape Town, Peter is the Managing Director of award winning Web Application Development Company, White Wall Web. Peter has successfully taken White Wall Web from its position as a start up to an established business with 3 offices servicing large multi-national clients across various industries.

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Why businesses will adopt SaaS technologies to enable a mobile workforce

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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This article is written specifically from a South African perspective, but it certainly applies to many other countries with a similar infrastructural and/or legislative environment. It is in press release format, so the tone is a little more formal than some of my other posts. I thought it was worth posting all the same. The number [...]

My SaaS Presentation from NetProphet

Friday, May 22, 2009

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These are my materials released by the RAMP Foundation on the NetProphet site from the NetProphet event at Mutual Business Park in Pinelands, Cape Town in May 2009.

Starting Out: 2 things to focus on as an investor

Friday, May 15, 2009

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When planning a new business venture, I have learned that a great question to ask is “what would a would-be buyer of this proposed business look at should I choose to sell it at a later stage?” This “thought experiment” will focus you on the business issues that really matter.

Starting Out: Great SaaS businesses do…

Monday, March 23, 2009

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Examples of some great SaaS businesses and the principles that have led to them being successful

Starting Out: What business ideas suit SaaS?

Thursday, February 19, 2009

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“Your SaaS business is a volumes business…” SaaS products are successful when they have lots of clients. Simply said, “it’s a volume’s business.” Ideas that work well on a SaaS model need to meet a fairly generic need (albeit with customizable options) and there should be a high number of potential clients. So…

Starting Out: Why Saas?

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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I would like to say upfront that I am mostly answering this question from the point of view of company/entrepreneur looking to decide whether to build their software on a SaaS architectural design and business model versus a more classic model (as opposed to addressing the question from a purchaser or software’s perspective). There are [...]

Strengthening the Argument: GE uses SaaS to manage 500,000 suppliers

Friday, October 31, 2008

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General Electric manages and relies on one of the world’s largest and most complex supplier networks of over 500,000 suppliers across thousands of business units in more than 100 countries – and they have chosen and implemented a SaaS product (Aravo SIM) to provide an on-demand Supplier Information System (SIM).

Strengthening the Argument: Gartner Report

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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According to a Gartner Report released on 22 October 2008: “Worldwide software-as-a-service (SaaS) revenue in the enterprise application markets* is on pace to surpass $6.4 billion in 2008, a 27 per cent increase from 2007 revenue of $5.1 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The market is expected to more than double with SaaS revenue reaching [...]

Starting Out: What is Saas?

Friday, October 24, 2008

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is also commonly known as “Software on Demand.” In a basic sense these terms refer to software delivered to end users, over the internet, on a pay-per-use basis. According to Wikipedia, “SaaS is generally associated with business software and is typically thought of as a low-cost way for businesses to obtain [...]

Thinking as a service…

Thursday, October 9, 2008

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For the last 6 years I have been “heads down” furiously working on building web based software for clients, growing our consulting team and building our own intellectual property at White Wall Web. Even as early as 2003, we were convinced that building web based software had serious benefits to both the licensors and the consumers [...]