http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/08/the-evolution-of-saas/ Understanding the Software as a Service Revolution Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/08/the-evolution-of-saas/#comment-31798 Daily Concerns : Evaluating the various Church Software SaaS Offerings Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/01/08/the-evolution-of-saas/#comment-31798 [...] A cursory review of articles on the Internet yields some common threads -- a ‘true' SaaS utilizes "a single production environment to support all customers" or put more succinctly "single instance, multi-tenant." The evolution of SaaS from the Application Service Provider model (delivering hosted client applications via tools like Citrix) to today's model of web-native, multi-tenant, applications also reinforces this concept.Regardless, I believe the key consideration is this -- are all SaaS delivery methods considered equal to both the provider (scalable, efficient, profitable) and the end user (ease of use, accessibility, cost)?  A great article on this topic can be found at SaaSBlogs.com: What is SaaS? The Answer is Rooted in the End User. In the article, the author contends that the best way to define SaaS is from the end user's perspective -- are their needs satisfied by the vendor's chosen delivery model? However, the end user must also consider the viability of the vendor's model. The author goes on to state that "the most successful providers will leverage multi-tenant, single instance because it provides maximal efficiency and value derivation." [...] […] A cursory review of articles on the Internet yields some common threads — a ‘true’ SaaS utilizes “a single production environment to support all customers” or put more succinctly “single instance, multi-tenant.” The evolution of SaaS from the Application Service Provider model (delivering hosted client applications via tools like Citrix) to today’s model of web-native, multi-tenant, applications also reinforces this concept.Regardless, I believe the key consideration is this — are all SaaS delivery methods considered equal to both the provider (scalable, efficient, profitable) and the end user (ease of use, accessibility, cost)?  A great article on this topic can be found at SaaSBlogs.com: What is SaaS? The Answer is Rooted in the End User. In the article, the author contends that the best way to define SaaS is from the end user’s perspective — are their needs satisfied by the vendor’s chosen delivery model? However, the end user must also consider the viability of the vendor’s model. The author goes on to state that “the most successful providers will leverage multi-tenant, single instance because it provides maximal efficiency and value derivation.” […]

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