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Succeeding at SaaS: Computing in the Cloud

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I have bought hundreds of books in my lifetime and this one has to be ranked #1 for "books I wish I never bought".

I bought this book because I am a developer and entrepreneur and thought it would give me some insight into what I should and shouldn't do. This book says nothing about either. In fact, it reads like a 6th grader took a Wikipedia article on SaaS and tried to expand it into a book. I think the former provides more value and insight.

This is obviously a self published book because it has LuLu written on the outside of the book and I can not see how a real publisher would see this book as anything other than a joke.

I enjoyed reading "Succeeding at SaaS" and am citing it as a source for my second book, as well as the second edition of my first. I had certainly heard about cloud computing, SaaS, and PaaS before picking it this book. I know a great deal more about these topics than I did before.

Wohl does a nice job of explaining the theory behind SaaS and clouds while concurrently using real-world examples. I learned quite a bit about the different SaaS pricing models and specific offerings. I felt that the book's strongest points surrounded the challenges that SaaS creates for traditional software vendors and organizations already using on-premise software. How do they adapt? What are the options? Wohl provides a balanced account of the benefits of SaaS without blindly endorsing it as a panacea for every type of IT issue. Finally, the book enumerates hybrid approaches for organizations with legitimate security concerns related to SaaS and third-party clouds.