http://www.saasblogs.com/2008/03/05/a-great-video-describing-a-fictitious-saas-platform/ Understanding the Software as a Service Revolution Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.saasblogs.com/2008/03/05/a-great-video-describing-a-fictitious-saas-platform/#comment-38189 Prakash Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:22:58 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2008/03/05/a-great-video-describing-a-fictitious-saas-platform/#comment-38189 The ideas in the video are solid and concrete. I guess the idea of using proprietary API's that the ISV provides in order to lower cost might not be attractive to most CSV's. Why lock yourself in to an ISV that provides commodity value (billing,metering etc) to your product ? I see a case for a standards body moving and defining a layer of common services that ISV's can then add value over. This would ensure minimum lock in and competition between ISVs to provide better implementations. The ideas in the video are solid and concrete. I guess the idea of using proprietary API’s that the ISV provides in order to lower cost might not be attractive to most CSV’s. Why lock yourself in to an ISV that provides commodity value (billing,metering etc) to your product ? I see a case for a standards body moving and defining a layer of common services that ISV’s can then add value over. This would ensure minimum lock in and competition between ISVs to provide better implementations.

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