Laurie McCabe, Partner, Hurwitz & Associates
• Explain what business application appliances are and the value proposition they offer for small businesses
• Provide examples of recently introduced business application appliances designed for small businesses
• Discuss how the appliance approach crosses the chasm between traditional, customer-premise deployments and cloud computing or software-as-a-service (SaaS) model by integrating on-premise, integrated appliance systems with cloud services
• Explain what small businesses should assess when evaluating business application appliances
• Discuss the trade-offs between appliances and the SaaS model