I agree. On demand and SaaS are here to stay and grow.
What however cannot be ignored is the fact that the real cost of using applications like SAP is not merely the cost of buying and maintaining the software, but also huge network costs in terms of bandwidth and maintenance.
In my view, future would demand not only 'On Demand' software services but also those with lean network demand. Actually, network costs including equipment and channel costs have not climbed down as much as computing hardware.
In fact, companies would save more money by implementing software that make limited demands on network
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