I just read a nice post on mashable pointing out that web-hosting is on the low and social media now owns the market share for those publishing, sharing and community building tasks you could only engage in if you had a hosting account.

Sooo true…

SOA and SAAS

So I took the opportunity of checking some more trends… So I did SOA and SAAS and the result is quite interesting: both show steady growth and an amazing, really, amazing synched seasonality.

To be more precise, in the past 3/4 years:

• SAAS search trend peaks twice a year, after the summer and new-year… the two peaks are becoming more sharp, year after year.
• SOA has a steep valley every late December, and it’s becoming deeper every year. SAAS nearly reached SOA by the end of 2006 and it cleary surpassed in late 2007.
• But the search trend for SOA does not show a valley in the fall opposing SAAS fall steady peaks.
• OTOH, SOA’s steady growth has slowed down and it became really wobbling through 2nd and 3rd quarter of both 06 and 07. Every year it looks more like a roller-coster.
• Finally, news about SOA and SAAS are becoming more popular all the time, but had an impressive low by the end of 2007.
• News about SOA took a head start but SAAS is now catching fast.

So, Autumn’s weather is nice for planning your next SAAS product? no one cares for SOA round christmas? SAAS is the buzz-word on new years eve?

Is the limited attention of the industry’s collective conscience bouncing between the focus on the best business model and the architectural concerns?

And, more important: what does this data tell us about the weather tomorrow?