Sure, these are true statements, somewhat boiler plate, but they are true.

In reality, dig a little deeper and stretch a little further into the insight and analysis and you will find that a large number of entities are operating in a Software as a Service (SaaS) mode and function, which essentially has resulted in the explosive growth for many data centers. These companies who have a SaaS business model are being hit quite hard by the SAS 70 compliance mantra from their clients and as such, the down stream effect is that data centers are now included in the scope of many SaaS entities. Amazing what 2 to 3 years can do to the I.T. industry. I say this because it was not that long ago (2005 or so) that a large number of Data Centers were not SAS 70 compliant…and i argue that a big reason for this change has been that SaaS entities occupy racks and racks of space now days.

So there is your SAS 70 and SaaS connection.

But hey, as a SAS 70 Auditor, it’s just my opinion.