What is the difference between Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS)? Is there a difference? If you look at SaaS in Wikipedia, you will see no mention of cloud. If you look at Cloud ...

In my last commentary in this space, I suggested that there was plenty of room for enterprises to build their own private clouds to satisfy their specific business requirements. I’m increasingly ...

Cloud computing has long been heralded as the backbone of digital transformation, but not all parts of the cloud market are treated equally. As of 2025, software as a service (SaaS) continues to ...

This is a guest post by TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, CIO of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Lowe walks us through the software as a service and cloud computing due diligence. For more posts ...

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud computing may sound like they’re referring to the same thing, however, these two terms refer to very different things. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud ...

The last WAN newsletter highlighted the fact that at the recent Interop conference there was wide agreement on the part of myriad vendors that in order to be successful that IT organizations need ...

If you think cloud computing is a disruptive force within the enterprise, just imagine what the cloud is doing to the vendor landscape. The sheer number of cloud players – or companies that claim to ...

A new report from consultants KPMG has shown that software as a service (SaaS) is expanding rapidly, and the threat of a double dip recession is purportedly driving cloud adoption. It’s a reasonable ...

What is Cloud Computing and Why is it Important? Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services, such as servers, databases, storage, networking, software, analytics, amongst others, over the ...