SaaS –for tiny understanding

SaaS: Do you know what it is; service provider hosts the applications and makes them available to customers as a service, rather than as a product. To be simpler, it is rending of software application as like renting of flats, cars and DVD’s

Why SaaS is sizzling in all IT forums – rather than investing huge in expensive software packages (enterprise applications) in terms of license, server and other maintenance, users can now access them over an internet and browsers are only absolute need.

Growth – I am not much familiar with how to calculate growth of particular technology or company. Of course I don’t have deep understanding stocks and growths of companies. Still I would say SaaS will open up very big space in IT development industry. The only reason to me is “All Indian offshore biggies (of course not only) are discussing about SaaS as top priority”. As of today, SaaS is gaining more traction in CRM industry and in near feature I would expect in other areas as well like ERP, SCM and HR Applications.

Feature of SaaS:

• SaaS model application tremendously reduce capital investment (buy, build, support / maintenance costs) for (as of now) certain business process in SME sector.

• Easy configuration, faster implementation and no infrastructure cost

• Secure and Simplified integration with help of partners
  

Other talks about SaaS,

Salesforce.com - From the SaaS industry leader, Gartner about Salesforce.com - Thought leader on leveraging SaaS model

Wikipedia - SaaS

IT word - Software shops get SaaS-y

Of course other thoughts about SaaS, Anshublog - End of SaaS

What do you think my dear friendz!!!