Comments for SaaS Blogs http://www.saasblogs.com Understanding the Software as a Service Revolution Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:27:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on A bit foggy on “cloud?” by Sinclair Schuller http://www.saasblogs.com/2010/02/24/a-bit-foggy-on-%e2%80%9ccloud%e2%80%9d/#comment-108707 Sinclair Schuller Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:00:38 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=279#comment-108707 Vaughan, good point regarding the client perspective. Ultimately, whatever definition sticks needs to be agreeable to those on the client side. I' sure that so long as $ are involved, providers are happy to call 'Cloud' whatever those paying want to call it! Vaughan, good point regarding the client perspective. Ultimately, whatever definition sticks needs to be agreeable to those on the client side. I’ sure that so long as $ are involved, providers are happy to call ‘Cloud’ whatever those paying want to call it!

]]> Comment on A bit foggy on “cloud?” by Vaughan Merlyn http://www.saasblogs.com/2010/02/24/a-bit-foggy-on-%e2%80%9ccloud%e2%80%9d/#comment-108685 Vaughan Merlyn Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:15:01 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=279#comment-108685 Thanks for this post, Sinclair! An historical perspective is always interesting and often illuminating, as was the case here. Your position on this is aligned with mine (hence, I like it!) What you did not get into is the "client" side (if that term is still valid) of all this, and why "private cloud" seems both valid and important. To me what is important is that computing resources can be leveraged by anyone with a browser. I can 'rent a service by the unit' rather than have dedicated resources provisioned on my behalf. This is, for me, the essence of the whole '2.0' thing, with Cloud (and cloud) being part and parcel. Thanks for this post, Sinclair! An historical perspective is always interesting and often illuminating, as was the case here. Your position on this is aligned with mine (hence, I like it!) What you did not get into is the “client” side (if that term is still valid) of all this, and why “private cloud” seems both valid and important. To me what is important is that computing resources can be leveraged by anyone with a browser. I can ‘rent a service by the unit’ rather than have dedicated resources provisioned on my behalf. This is, for me, the essence of the whole ‘2.0′ thing, with Cloud (and cloud) being part and parcel.

]]> Comment on How Important Is “Non Intrusiveness” in a PaaS Offering? by Microsoft SaaS Architecture Team Experiences SaaSGrid - SaaSGrid Team - Developer Network - SaaSGrid Community http://www.saasblogs.com/2008/09/12/how-important-is-non-intrusiveness-in-a-paas-offering/#comment-106870 Microsoft SaaS Architecture Team Experiences SaaSGrid - SaaSGrid Team - Developer Network - SaaSGrid Community Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:26:29 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=221#comment-106870 [...] Sinclair Schuller helps the conversation along in his newest SaaSBlogs post: How Important Is "Non Intrusiveness" In A PaaS Offering? [...] […] Sinclair Schuller helps the conversation along in his newest SaaSBlogs post: How Important Is “Non Intrusiveness” In A PaaS Offering? […]

]]> Comment on Will SaaS Companies Benefit from a Virtuous Enablement Cycle? by Abe Sultan http://www.saasblogs.com/2009/12/24/will-saas-companies-benefit-from-a-virtuous-enablement-cycle/#comment-106720 Abe Sultan Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:18:18 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=269#comment-106720 Hi Ash, Granted I'm a bit biased ;) but I urge you to check out <a href="http://www.saasgrid.com" rel="nofollow">SaaSGrid.</a> I promise you will not be disappointed. Cheers, Abe Hi Ash,

Granted I’m a bit biased ;) but I urge you to check out SaaSGrid. I promise you will not be disappointed.

Cheers,
Abe

]]> Comment on Will SaaS Companies Benefit from a Virtuous Enablement Cycle? by Ash Hassan http://www.saasblogs.com/2009/12/24/will-saas-companies-benefit-from-a-virtuous-enablement-cycle/#comment-106517 Ash Hassan Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:06:52 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=269#comment-106517 Spending big $ for building from the ground up using home-brew SasS stack is painful I agree 100% with you on it.We have wasted multi million $ on this and more importantly time. Mostly it happened around with the name of IP without realizing the IP is on business solution rather than SasS stack. Having said this, I see two challenges. 1. A reliable SasS stock solution which should not go out o fashion 2. Multi tenant integration or cloud service brokering or simple B2B in cloud capabilities I am sure we will get there as we get educated more and more in coming days. Spending big $ for building from the ground up using home-brew SasS stack is painful I agree 100% with you on it.We have wasted multi million $ on this and more importantly time. Mostly it happened around with the name of IP without realizing the IP is on business solution rather than SasS stack.
Having said this, I see two challenges.
1. A reliable SasS stock solution which should not go out o fashion
2. Multi tenant integration or cloud service brokering or simple B2B in cloud capabilities
I am sure we will get there as we get educated more and more in coming days.

]]> Comment on Bacon Bits & SaaS: Imitatations are Tasty, But the Real Thing is Better by malathi http://www.saasblogs.com/2006/11/01/bacon-bits-saas-imitatations-are-tasty-but-the-real-thing-is-better/#comment-106368 malathi Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:01:43 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2006/11/01/bacon-bits-saas-imitatations-are-tasty-but-the-real-thing-is-better/#comment-106368 I wanna do a mini-project in SaaS.FOr that,I need to know the routing phenomenon taking place in SaaS.i.e.from user requesting the software to the request reaching the cloud where the requested software resides.Can you help me? I wanna do a mini-project in SaaS.FOr that,I need to know the routing phenomenon taking place in SaaS.i.e.from user requesting the software to the request reaching the cloud where the requested software resides.Can you help me?

]]> Comment on The True Value of Cloud Computing by schmid lang http://www.saasblogs.com/2009/07/13/the-true-value-of-cloud-computing/#comment-106030 schmid lang Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:49:37 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=259#comment-106030 I believe everything that is done is for the future and the technology is going to keep on changing and changing http://bygsoft.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/cloudy-combo-google-app-engine-and-amazon-s3-combo-pack/ I believe everything that is done is for the future and the technology is going to keep on changing and changing
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]]> Comment on SaaS as Recurring Revenue Justification by Doug http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/11/20/saas-as-recurring-revenue-justification/#comment-105899 Doug Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:34:47 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/2007/11/20/saas-as-recurring-revenue-justification/#comment-105899 I like this article and comments, but I would point out that the flexibility to switch: a) Deployment models (SaaS, license) b) Purchase models (rent, purchase) This flexibility is critical for selecting a solution. Vendors are beginning to offer this flexiblity and news outlets are starting to cover it. (see http://erpcloudnews.com/2009/12/saas-and-cloud-computing-cost-reminder/) I like this article and comments, but I would point out that the flexibility to switch:
a) Deployment models (SaaS, license)
b) Purchase models (rent, purchase)
This flexibility is critical for selecting a solution. Vendors are beginning to offer this flexiblity and news outlets are starting to cover it. (see http://erpcloudnews.com/2009/12/saas-and-cloud-computing-cost-reminder/)

]]> Comment on The Evolution of Software by Murali Nair http://www.saasblogs.com/2010/01/14/the-evolution-of-software/#comment-105887 Murali Nair Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:33:55 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=271#comment-105887 Great explanation, Devon! Very succinct. One of the things I am seeing while working for a SaaS PPM provider is that bringing product enhancements or innovations to market is relatively easy once you have the initial SaaS backbone set up... the challenge is obtaining buy-in and consensus from customers on underlying base functionality. You have rightly pointed out that UI and presentation layer business logic should be customizable for individual customers. Great explanation, Devon! Very succinct.
One of the things I am seeing while working for a SaaS PPM provider is that bringing product enhancements or innovations to market is relatively easy once you have the initial SaaS backbone set up… the challenge is obtaining buy-in and consensus from customers on underlying base functionality. You have rightly pointed out that UI and presentation layer business logic should be customizable for individual customers.

]]> Comment on The Evolution of Software by Peter Gonczlik http://www.saasblogs.com/2010/01/14/the-evolution-of-software/#comment-105840 Peter Gonczlik Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:41:14 +0000 http://www.saasblogs.com/?p=271#comment-105840 Devon, Thanks alot for your simple explanation on this topic. A growing number of inventions I see are software based or have a software component so having new business models to consider is very important. Devon,

Thanks alot for your simple explanation on this topic. A growing number of inventions I see are software based or have a software component so having new business models to consider is very important.

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