The Churchill Club recently hosted one of their very interesting events.  Unfortunately, since I don’t live in the Silicon Valley anymore, I could only read about it. The coverage, including this posting by Dan Farber makes me really wish I was there.  (Full disclosure: I used to work for SAP and had the pleasure to meet Hasso Plattner once.  Additionally, the event was hosted by Arma Partners, the investment bank that Software AG partnered with for our acquisition of webMethods.)  Based on reading the coverage of the event, it seems clear that both Hasso and Marc Benioff made their points and excited the attendees. What I missed in the coverage was a more fundamental issue:
Why is SaaS compelling?

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We often say that Software AG is truly a global company, and that we serve customers in 70 countries. But what does that abstract number mean? How can we put “shoe-leather” to that kind of worldwide reach? I recently returned from being one of the speakers at Software AG’s Business Innovation Forum in Japan. More than 200 people attended, including customers, partners and the media. Before I go any further, has the following situation ever happened to you?

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