hothardware.com — SaaS or Software as a Service, is what is generally thought of when you consider services like Google Apps or Salesforce.com. Let's face it, from the end user and SOHO crowd, to big businesses that are making use of services like Salesforce, you can see the huge value in outsource certain applications, not only from a cost standpoint but for ease
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ripple123Jul 1, 2008
I think the only cloud here is the one formed by the steam rising off the big, fresh, pile of bulls**t in this article. Its packed with buzzwords, much like the gentle buzzing of flies around big steaming piles of bulls**t.
screwy1138Jul 1, 2008
David Chappell has a nice blog about S+S (Microsoft's view of SaaS)<a class="user" href="http://www.davidchappell.com/blog/">http://www.davidchappell.com/blog/</a>(I don't know him personally and I don't profit at all if you go to that link... I just find him a knowledgeable person on the subject)
betaspJul 1, 2008
If people keep saying it enough, does it make it true?
nexusmonkeyJul 1, 2008
If this technology becomes mainstream it will be bad for us all. Just image it, hardware will no longer be produced for the public (if it is produced the cost will be very high). The only hardware that will come cheap is your basic bog-standard PC capable of accessing a web browser.This means most will rent their disk space / cpu time, etc. Not only is privacy a huge concern, but think about this. Cpu time will turn into a commodity such as oil. Investors will buy up reserves, to manipulate the price and make a profit, much like todays commodity markets.
pentupentropyJul 1, 2008
and for SETI =)
bradleylandJul 1, 2008
You don't "own" the software on your computer either. Also, you can't simply walk away from platform applications when you're tired of your vendor either. Is it any easier to walk way from Office + Exchange + SharePoint than it is Google Apps? The ongoing operation of software isn't "free" either. You have to have staff on hand to administer those servers and applications.The primary risks associated with SaaS are security and tying your business to a service that may or may not be around in 10 years. When you buy licenses of Office (for example), you could -- in theory -- use that copy for the next 15 years, provided a platform to run it still exists. What if Google decides that Google Apps is a serious funding suck and cans it? That is a legitimate risk. It's also important to note that a lot of software you buy on disk uses activation these days. What if Microsoft decides that they're going to limit the time frame that they'll activate copies of Office 2003 or 2007?Security is a different ballgame. How many small businesses have properly invested in security infrastructure. How many small-medium sized business can _afford_ to invest the same amount of effort in to security as, say, Google? How many can afford _not_ to?For many people, holding the disk in their hand is a security blanket. This sense of security comes under false pretenses. The SaaS world isn't that much different than the situation companies are in right now. The big difference with SaaS is that they can rely on a single vendor whose entire focus is delivering an end-to-end application, rather than choosing applications, staff, and making security decisions.
banckleFeb 10, 2011
OF course SAAS has open new ways of business promotion and it will gain more popularity in future.