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Introducing the Future of Work Global Index

Introducing the Future of Work Global Index

By Jason Corsello on January 16, 2020

Over the last few years, a lot has been written about “The Future of Work.” Everyone from McKinsey to the World Economic Forum have made predictions regarding skills shortages, the need for training and skills development, and the future of jobs. But what about the technology that is enabling the massive disruption in work. Last quarter, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged future of work, HRTech, Human resources, SaaS, Slack

Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner

Public Cloud Soaring To $331B By 2022 According To Gartner

By Louis Columbus on April 14, 2019

Gartner predicts the worldwide public cloud service market will grow from $182.4B in 2018 to $331.2B in 2022, attaining a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6%. Spending on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is predicted to increase from $30.5B in 2018 to $38.9B in 2019, growing 27.5% in a year. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) spending is predicted to grow […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, cloud computing forecast, google cloud platform, iaas, IaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, PaaS, PaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Public Cloud Computing, Public Cloud Computing Forecast, SaaS, SaaS Forecast 2018 – 2022, Worldwide Cloud Service Revenue Forecast

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates

By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2018

Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Amazon Web Services, bessemer venture partners, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, gartner, idc, Louis Columbus, Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud Computing, SaaS

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Storm Ventures $180M SaaS Fund – Congrat’s Jason & Anshu

By Zoli Erdos on May 8, 2015

Congratulations to fellow Enterprise Irregulars Jason Lemkin and Anshu Sharma on raising the new Fund, and to Anshu on joining Storm Ventures. Oh, and thanks for pimping the EI early in the video

Posted in Business | Tagged SaaS, startups, Storm Ventures, TechCrunch, vc funding, venture funding

The SaaS Billionaires and Naysayers

The SaaS Billionaires and Naysayers

By Anshu Sharma on February 27, 2015

If you are on your journey as an entrepreneur to truly build something new and revolutionary, you will hear a lot of naysayers along the way. Salesforce and Workday both announced their financial results — once again showing that they continue to grow as part of the larger movement to SaaS. Salesforce is now generating almost half […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Cloud, SaaS, salesforce, Uber, workday | 1 Response

OneSource Virtual:  Born in the RPA Cloud

OneSource Virtual: Born in the RPA Cloud

By Phil Fersht on February 26, 2015

We’ve been so focused on how Robotic Process Automation is being implemented across legacy application environments, we missed how it is also being rolled out in “Born in the Cloud” business environments

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Charles Sutherland, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, onesource virtual, PaaS, Phil Fersht, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy

Eating My Own SaaStr Dogfood: Why I Invested in RainforestQA

Eating My Own SaaStr Dogfood: Why I Invested in RainforestQA

By Jason M. Lemkin on February 19, 2015

To keep me honest (in this age of misremembering just which helicopter one was on), I want to continue our small series re: investments where I’ve put more that $1m into a SaaS company, and why I did it as examples of the SaaStr themes and learnings. My most recent investment here is a company called RainforestQA. […]

Posted in Business | Tagged case studies, Entrepreneurship, SaaS, SaaStr, startups

That Super-Successful VP of Sales.  Great?  Or Just Lucky?

That Super-Successful VP of Sales. Great? Or Just Lucky?

By Jason M. Lemkin on February 18, 2015

I get sent this resume to review all the time.  Director+ of Sales at Yammer / Salesforce / Successfactors / Pick Your Brand Name SaaS Company.  Took Hot Start-Up from $0 to $30m as VPS from Day 0.  Was there “early” through IPO and did amazing things. That all sounds impressive, for sure.  But was […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Building a Sales Team, Entrepreneurship, Hiring & Retention, SaaS, SaaStr, sales, startups

NASSCOM 2015: More MBA and less ABAP is the recipe for Digital success

NASSCOM 2015: More MBA and less ABAP is the recipe for Digital success

By Phil Fersht on February 18, 2015

NASSCOM’s Mumbai showpiece, India’s premier Leadership Forum, exuded an energy not seen since the recession. Now it’s time for India’s service stars to grasp their Digital opportunity like never before

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Events, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things

At Even Just $1m ARR — You Need to Stop Doing Low ROI Things

At Even Just $1m ARR — You Need to Stop Doing Low ROI Things

By Jason M. Lemkin on February 12, 2015

In SaaS, I think one of the biggest traps you can get yourself into as a founder is doing Low ROI things for one minute longer than you have to. Of course, this is true in all start-ups.  But quickly in SaaS it becomes worse.  Why?  Because they are more functional areas to handle, earlier. […]

Posted in Business | Tagged aaron levie, Entrepreneurship, Getting to Initial Scale, SaaS, SaaStr, startups

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