Written by Andrew Powell
SaaS drives IT spend in ANZ with promises of lower TCO and easy deployment, but buyers should tread carefully.
There may be reasons for public sector agencies in particular to be somewhat reluctant with IT innovation spend.
Major software vendors like Oracle and SAP are pushing cloud solutions, but the term's overuse creates confusion, disadvantaging customers.
This shift has occurred after many years where IT was simply viewed as a cost-centre, and the role of the CIO was mostly confined to the IT silo.
