Most surveys concentrate on attitudes of buyers looking to make a binary decions between SaaS and on-premise solutions before they enter the buy cycle. Few review the position after a decision is taken. It is important to look at the situation after the event because it provides insights into the factors currently playing into the decision process. Circumstances will vary depending on the solution selected but I had not seen any hard evidence of what is happening in the mid-range of buyers. FinancialForce recently polled some of its users to discover why they selected their solution. [Disclosure: I had input into the framing of the questions.] The results are interesting for several reasons:

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