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How Complex Can SaaS Offerings Get?


It’s common place to equate Software as a Service with CRM, HR, or other “business function” style implementations. Although these implementations are not simple by any means, they generally do not require the computational rigor of an offering that performs complex mathematical analysis or photorealistic 3D rendering. In fact, it’s rare to hear that a […]

Defensively Architecting a SaaS Implementation


If you’re a SaaSBlogs regular, you’re probably a big fan of the SaaS delivery model. One thing you also probably know is that one of the downfalls of the delivery model stems from the fact that it increases overall cost of failure and cost of downtime since it moves usage from a decentralized (aka on-premise) […]

SaaS Adoption’s Secret Weapon: Hosting Providers


It’s common place to discuss SaaS adoption as being driven by either an ISVs need to remain competitive or tackle new markets, or by customer demand to move responsibility away from internal IT to an outsourced provider. I support this as being very true, and we can thank these two constituents as being the driving force behind recent adoption. But is that all of the muscle that the SaaS movement […]