Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2010 Enterprise Software Vendors Solidify Performance Turnaround
The super majority (26 of 27) of publicly traded software vendors in the Software Insider Index® delivered turnaround stories for Q3 Cy 2010 year-over-year (YoY) performance. SaaS vendors and middleware vendors led the charge with solid double digit gains against tough comps. Performance of on-premises apps vendors reflected the easy comps from a dismal 2009 [...]
Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q2 CY 2010 – SaaS Vendors Still Show Massive YoY Growth
The majority of 22 publicly traded software vendors demonstrated solid year-over-year (YoY) quarterly growth from Q2 2009 (see Figure 1). Every SaaS vendor in the Software Insider Index® drove 14% to 26% growth (see Figure 2) despite the pick up in on-premises license sales. Highlights for the 2010 CY Q2 2010 results: On-Premises Trends JDA [...]
Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q1 CY 2009 – Software’s Back With Double Digit Gains In License Growth
The majority of 21 publicly traded software vendors managed to show year-over-year (YoY) gains over the dismal beating from calendar year (CY) Q1 2009. SaaS vendor maintained their double digit gains while on-premise vendors mostly showed positive traction (see Figure 1) and (see Figures 2). Highlights for the 2010 CY Q1 2010 results: Big gains [...]
Software Insider Index™ (SII): 2009 SII Top 35 Enterprise Business Apps Vendors™
2009 Results In Major Revenue Declines For On Premise And Officially The Year Of SaaS
A review of last year’s financial performance should erase any doubts about the viability of SaaS as a deployment option and a business model. Traditional on-premise business apps vendors took the brunt of the beating earlier in the year but [...]
Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q4 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Continue To Trump On Premise Vendors In YoY Growth
The Year Of SaaS Shows… And Yes, In This Economy. The recession continued to take its toll on software sales with a slight impact to the SaaS vendors. Growth rates have come down from the high 30’s to the low 20’s. But with “flat” the new growth metric in this down economy, results remain impressive. [...]
Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Face Some Headwinds, On-Premise Still In The Tank
Purchasing in Q3 reflected both economic downturn and summer doldrums. While on-premise vendors continued massive double digit declines in year-over-year new license revenue, SaaS vendors faced some pressures in keeping up with tremendous growth. However, long term economic outlook still favor SaaS players and early indications on Q4 budget flush indicate that SaaS and Cloud [...]
