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5 Reasons Microsoft Will Get SaaS Right

Posted on July 08, 2008

Is software-as-a-service (SaaS) killing Microsoft (MSFT)? Hardly. Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division, is expected to discuss SaaS during his July 8 keynote at the company s Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston. But even before Elop takes the stage, here are five reasons why Microsoft won t lose the SaaS wars. 1. Cash (and lots of it): During a recent quarter, Microsoft generated more than $50 million in net income per day. Do some quick math, and you ll find that it takes Microsoft three hours to exceed Salesforce.com s (CRM) entire quarterly net income, acco...

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