During recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, Microsoft released details about its SaaS initiative & its comments about SaaS adoption by ISVs.
Microsoft has established 'Microsoft Software + Services Incubation Center Program' through which ISVs are guided through a structured series of business and architectural consulting sessions with the support of an established hosting provider to help ensure their business models and applications are ready to address the challenges of SaaS based delivery. This program now includes 20 incubation centers worldwide with 10 in Europe, eight in North America, and two in Asia. More than 550 independent software vendors have enrolled since its launch in 2006.
John Zanni, general manager of worldwide hosting at Microsoft, said: "Microsoft realizes that the evolution of the software industry will reach far beyond just bringing software to the browser. Partnerships are critical for ISVs to be successful in the new world of software plus services. The program builds an integrated ecosystem to help ISVs deploy service-based applications. Now through the tremendous success of this program, there is no doubt that building an integrated ecosystem plays an integral role in helping ISVs deploy service-based applications"
Considering elevated initiatives from company like Microsoft, SaaS transition by ISVs looks more promising.
