Dec
17
2008

2008: Looking Back at Small Business Hosting Purchases

Small and medium-sized businesses found 2008 to be the year when many previously “leading edge” and “out of reach” technologies became accessible and, more importantly, critical to their bottom line.  In 2008, SMB technology teams, ISVs, and IT consultants were transforming their technology deployments to hosting services utilizing formerly out-of-reach technologies.

For the first time, SMBs were benefiting from solutions and technologies such as Software as a Service, Quad-Core CPUs, Virtualization, and the new Microsoft server technologies.

Software as a Service (SaaS) is now the preferred method for SMBs to consume software to meet their application and business process needs.  SMBs now clearly see that it no longer makes sense to buy software and hardware from traditional retailers and distributors.  The VARs and MSPs that service SMBs have moved from break-fix agreements to recurring arrangements with their SMB customers.  In 2008, SaaS became not only a viable option but in many ways the preferred solution.  Large capital outlays on new hardware and the associated big expenses on installation and upgrade licenses are now seen as the not financially advisable and inefficient.  Hosted dedicated servers and virtual dedicated servers enable SMBs and their VARs to quickly deploy new solutions and upgrades and save time and capital.
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