Amy Wohl is a computer industry analyst who specializes in the commercialization of new technology. She has just started a blog on Software as a Service.
Spec Book Pro is Software as a Service.
Source: Amy Wohl's Opinions on SaaS
What is Software as a Service (SaaS)?
What does that mean? It means that the software is implemented on one or more hosted systems and that new users simply set up their accounts, adding any necessary information and making personal (or organizational) choices from among the selections the software provides. The new users select a payment method (typically credit cards for individual users and small businesses, more conventional purchase agreements for larger organizations) and the software is ready to use.
This method avoids the need to justify capital expenditures for hardware and software, much less the wait for its arrival and implementation. It also places the burden for support on the service provider, allowing the users' organization to tend to their business's primary focus, whether that's writing about technology (me) or building widgets.
Who Buys SaaS?
Customers from organizations of any size may be attracted to SaaS.
- Small firms like SaaS because it allows them access to software which might otherwise be too costly or complex for a smaller firm to implement or support.
- Big firms like SaaS because it permits nearly immediate Time to Value with no wait for justification or implementation. It also avoids, as we've noted, capital expenditures and internal support costs. Big firms often use SaaS to support ad hoc or short term projects; software which will be used only occasionally or by small numbers of employees,;applications which need to be available outside of the firewall to partners, contractors, suppliers, or customes; and support for smaller sites and individual remote users.
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