We wanted to formally blog about the release of Sahil Parikh’s book - The SaaS Edge (published by Tata Mcgraw-Hill, India). The main theme of the book revolves around how businesses can harness the power of Software As A Service, Web 2.0 and on-demand computing to lower cost, increase efficiency and productivity. Everything is moving to the Web and so should your business!

We believe that the book is in line with what we have been working on in the last 3 years - bringing a simple yet powerful tool (DeskAway) to businesses to help them work smarter.

If you are still not convinced about moving to online tools then here is an excerpt from Sahil’s book that you must read - SaaS Myths.

We have created a dedicated Facebook Fan page to talk about the book, post announcements and reviews. Do join us at www.facebook.com/thesaasedge

You can get in touch with Sahil Parikh via Twitter @sahilparikh or by visiting his blog sahilparikh.com.

Have a great weekend!

I spent a year writing this book. It is about Web 2.0 and SaaS and how companies can gain competitive advantage when embracing these new concepts, tools and techniques. An easy to read book (technical jargon simplified) for business owners, entrepreneurs and anyone wanting to take their business to the next level.

When YourStory.in approached me, I was happy to give them a brief sneak preview on one of the chapters. Check it out and hope you like it. Do let me know your thoughts. The book will be published by Tata Mcgraw-Hill before the end of the year. We will anounce it here once it is launched. Hope you like it

[YourStory brings an exclusive sneak peek into Sahil Parikh's upcoming book on SaaS (by the author himself) to be published by Tata McGraw Hill shortly. This article is written by a Cloud evangelist (in the book) who believes in the SaaS business model and debunks existing myths on SaaS. This is part of our ongoing coverage of the NASSCOM Product Conclave, which focused on Cloud computing and lean startups for scaling new heights]

So, you decided you want to start your own company (or you have already started one). My bet is you will run your company using web applications – from CRM, project collaboration to help desk, storage and invoicing. If you don’t then maybe one of these points might be stopping you from taking the plunge. By the end, you will be scrounging the web for more tools…

Here is a short excerpt from my upcoming book (to be published next month by Tata McGraw-Hill, India) on software-as-a-service, commonly known as SaaS, and how companies can gain competitive advantage using online tools for marketing, building a brand and running their day-to-day business. Shaw runs a hypothetical company that is ready to take the SaaS plunge. At this point Shaw and his team love the notion of SaaS but still have certain myths that they need to discuss and dispel.

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