SaaS in Large Organizations
August 20, 2007 by Raj Sheelvant
SaaS or On-Demand application delivery as a disruptive delivery model is challenging traditional
SaaS has both pros and cons as explained in my previous blog. But, its not the cons of the On-Demand delivery model that is holding back the CIO’s of the large organization from joining the SaaS bandwagon. But, believe it or not, its one of the advantages of SaaS that is stirring up a political problem for the CIO. The main advantage of the SaaS delivery model is that it needs a smaller IT team. No need for large IT resource to integrate and sustain the traditional
CIOs pretend that they need complex application, so that they can justify bigger budget and larger IT resource. If the enterprise application is outsourced (SaaS is a unique way of outsourcing) then suddenly there is no justification of a large organization. This development, in the tribal world of executives, leads to diminished power for the CIO (because he now has a smaller army).
In my view CIO should not fear the reduction of size of IT department. If the software systems that support tactical and non core businesses is outsourced then it frees up the resource to focus on the strategic aspect of the business. Identifying and implementing software systems that enables core competency of the organization will make the role of CIO more relevant to corporation.
Making a major impact on the business strategy the CIO can thus showcase real power in the boardroom even with a small organization.
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