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Title	Study: Enterprises warm up to SAAS, but concerns remain
Type	News
Source	IDG News Service 03/17/2008
Summary	Adoption of hosted applications among large companies jumped last year, but many CIOs and IT managers will not consider these software-as-a-service (SAAS) products due to concerns about security, cost and integration, according to a Forrester Research study. continue

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