Are You a SaaS Pro?

Software as a Service (SaaS): Hosted software accessed by subscription

• SaaS is a software licensing and delivery model where software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted.
• SaaS is considered part of cloud computing and is often accessed through a web browser.
• SaaS apps are commonly used for business applications, including office software, payroll processing software, management software, and more.
• SaaS has been incorporated into the strategies of nearly all enterprise software companies.
• Centralized hosting of business applications dates back to the 1960s, and SaaS essentially extends the idea of the ASP model.
• SaaS providers generally price applications using a subscription fee, and the initial setup cost for SaaS is typically lower than the equivalent enterprise software.
• Most SaaS providers offer a multi-tenant architecture, and horizontal and vertical SaaS are different models of cloud computing services.
• SaaS applications are often updated more frequently than traditional software, and SaaS applications predominantly offer integration protocols and APIs that operate over a wide area network.
• Many SaaS applications offer features that let their users collaborate and share information.
• OpenSaaS refers to SaaS based on open-source code.
• Adoption drivers for SaaS include several important changes to the software market and technology landscape.
• SaaS data escrow is the process of keeping a copy of critical software-as-a-service application data with an independent third party.