I had the privilege of serving as the chairman and ‘master-of-ceremonies’ at this week’s CloudFutures conference for ISVs migrating to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in San Jose, CA.

The event succeeded in drawing over one-hundred attendees seeking to better understand the complexities associated with leveraging the rapidly growing array of cloud computing services to develop and deliver SaaS solutions.

While this number may not seem significant, it was exactly the scale of event that I expected given the time of year and proliferation of cloud-oriented conferences. It was also an ideal size to delve into many of the thorny issues surrounding SaaS and allow the attendees to freely interact with the speakers, as well as one another.

In many ways the event resembled the SoftLetter SaaS University sessions where I’ve served as a keynote speaker and sponsor. While I’m still a big supporter of those … Read More »