A Blog About Software As A Service

This blog is all about software as a service (SaaS) for business. If it is in the cloud, you will find it here.

• Making a Case for SaaS: A Look At Costs

  Posted on May 12th, 2009 Nathan Burke No comments

  Jeff Hassemer, vice president, product management, of software provider Entiera has a post up on multichannelmerchant.com entitled "Making a Case for SaaS". The article details the ROI implications of Software as a Service:

  SaaS applications have been in the market for quite a while now. Most online marketing software companies—those that provide functions such as e-mail, Web analytics, ad serving or behavioral targeting—operate in this model.

  What this means is the vendor who developed the software also supplies the infrastructure to manage the software. The customer then pays a fee for its particular usage of the software. This is done either as a monthly commitment or possibly a variable cost based on volume.

  Contrast that with a standard software license purchase. After an initial upfront fee and implementation fee, the customer also needs to:

  - Purchase and set up a server to install the software (sometimes several)
  - Buy any necessary ancillary software licenses (database system, operating system, middle ware, etc.)
  - Pay ongoing support costs for the hardware (electricity, security systems, IT staff), plus an annual license and maintenance fee (a percentage of the list price of the software)
  - Handle all system upgrades and ongoing maintenance
  - In many cases, pay upgrade fees for new versions of the software

  All of these costs can add up over time. One thing often overlooked in a traditional software purchase is the ongoing expense of upgrading the systems to support the core application itself.

  Have a look at the article.

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• Bloggista: 10 Reasons To Consider Using SaaS

  Posted on May 12th, 2009 Nathan Burke No comments

  Just saw this excellent post at Bloggista, entitled 10 Reasons Why Companies Should Seriously Consider SaaS Software Now. The article goes through all the benefits of software as a service. Rather than ripping off the article, I encourage you to go check it out. A little preview:

  Software as a Service, or SaaS is a model where software is rented instead of buying it. Applications are delivered via the internet, accessed using a pc with internet connection and a browser.

  The model has been implemented for quite some time now, but its popularity was exponential lately when businesses started to look for better yet cheaper alternatives to traditional, often costly and hard to implement business softwares.

  However, in my almost 3 years of actively advocating for SaaS and Open Source technologies, I found that many business owners are still not aware of this model.

  The article then goes on to detail the 10 reasons why companies should take a look at SaaS. Tags: SaaS

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