25 January, 2008 - 4:13pm

Will this year be the tipping point for SaaS usage? New research from many analysts predict it. Saugatuck Technology states that by year end 55% of North American businesses will have deployed at least one Software-as-a-Service application. Similarly, by 2011 Gartner predicts SaaS will grow at double the rate of the total enterprise application market. And Forrester notes that the poster-child for SaaS, salesforce.com, is having a disruptive effect on the entire CRM market, suggesting that SaaS will comprise 25% of all new business software by 2011. With this growth however comes significant management and security challenges.

SaaS offers enterprises incredible convenience and value compared to traditional software, however managing access to and ensuring the security of all those hosted apps, should be top of mind when considering a SaaS deployment. Sxip Access enables you to easily and securely manage on-demand applications, providing IT seamless corporate directory integration and users phishing-resistant SSO. Discover for yourself why Sxip Access was described by Google as "a natural complement to Google Apps that provides peace of mind to IT" and by salesforce.com as "an impressive solution for increasing productivity while maintaining security and control over critical corporate data"...