A USD4-billion market, and increasingly mainstream, with around 45 percent annual growth and growing customer adoption... Much discussed, much remains to be seen when it comes to Software as a Service (SaaS), the subject of this months cover story. It's said 40 percent of small-to-midsize businesses (SMBs) have either trialed or adopted a SaaS-based application. Then again, ERP market leader SAP in recent weeks scaled back its ambitions for global rollout of SAP Business ByDesign, its SaaS-based approach to business management.
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机译：一个价值40亿美元的市场，并且日益成为主流，以每年约45％的速度增长，并被越来越多的客户采用。。。讨论很多，在软件即服务（SaaS）方面，还有很多待观察，本月的主题是。据说40％的中小型企业（SMB）已经试用或采用了基于SaaS的应用程序。再有，最近几周，ERP市场领导者SAP缩减了其在全球范围内推出基于SaaS的业务管理方法SAP Business ByDesign的雄心。
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