In a report that will have echoes of the experience somecustomers with the ASP model back in the 1990s users are ‘underwhelmed’ aftermoving to SaaS.
According to Gartner a survey of UK and US users found that althoughthe idea of applications available via the cloud was now accepted the resultsof using those services were not universally positive.
“Our research findings did not exactly provide a ringingendorsement of SaaS, in fact I would go as far as to say that satisfactionlevels among SaaS users are little more than lukewarm,” said Ben Pring,research vice president at Gartner.
The note of caution for the channel currently pushing SaaSbecause of the attraction of moving spending from cap-ex to op-ex was thatdespite the appeal of doing that in the current market conditions just shy of60% of users plan to maintain current SaaS levels for the next couple of years.
There were also higher rates of dissatisfaction in the UK compared to the US with British customers morecritical of post sales support and predictability of costs.
Price of SaaS was quoted as the number one reason puttingoff those users that have not yet adopted the technology, a response thatchallenges the widespread perception that cloud can be pitched as a cheaperalternative.
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