SaaS products for the Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) market have been joined by initiatives from Oracle, SAP, Business Objects, and others, directed at large enterprises. For example, Business Objects launched CrystalReports.com, a SaaS version of its ubiquitous Crystal Reports enterprise reporting tool; Informatica Corp. is offering ‘Data Integration and Data Replication on Demand’; SAP is ‘SaaSifying’ its Enterprise Resource Planning suite, aiming to capture clients smaller than those using their inhouse product; NetSuite, a SaaS pioneer, claims to be ‘the first and only web-based application to offer everything (customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and Web capabilities) in a single, integrated, and powerful solution. IBM, HP, and Microsoft are all investing heavily in SaaS consulting and platform tools. Google is offering a whole suite of applications (writer, spreadsheet, calendar, email, RSS feeders, and more) to individuals and small businesses. And pioneer Salesforce.com has made inroad into large enterprises, following its SMB success.
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