IDC: SaaS Revenue Will Reach $40.5 Billion by 2014
"The SaaS model has become mainstream,” according to Robert Mahowald, vice president of SaaS and Cloud Services research at IDC. That statement was made in light of a recent study conducted by market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).
The market research firm expects Software as a Service (SaaS) revenue to touch $40.5 billion by 2014. With the worldwide SaaS market generating $13.1 billion in revenue last year as per IDC's research, it will have to manage a compound annual growth rate of 25.3% through 2014 to live up to IDC's expectations.
Another key part of IDC's prognosis is SaaS share of the total software market:“By 2012, IDC expects that less than 15% of net-new software firms coming to market will ship a packaged product (on CD). By 2014, about 34% of all new business software purchases will be consumed via SaaS, and SaaS delivery will constitute about 14.5% of worldwide software spending across all primary markets.”
