March 13th, 2010 | by admin | published in Business Models
When pizza delivery first began, it was considered quite the luxury and instead of something we just expect today. Grocery delivery, online movie rentals and on-demand movies are all conveniences that Americans are more than happy to indulge in- especially if that saves them a little time. Online banking has been available for quite some [...]
March 12th, 2010 | by admin | published in Business Models
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is receiving a lot of attention in analysts’ briefings and technology trade press articles. In the past year, SaaS has emerged from its pioneering group of start-ups and medium-sized vendors to be embraced, albeit awkwardly, by software giants including Oracle and SAP. Much of the attention SaaS has garnered in recent months [...]
March 11th, 2010 | by admin | published in Business Models
Software as a service is closely related to Application Service Provider (ASP), which provides computer based services to companies over a network. Software as a Service specifically refers to software offered as a service. A more traditional model of software distribution, where a company purchases software, installs it and maintains it themselves is known as [...]
March 10th, 2010 | by admin | published in Business Models
Software as a Service (SaaS) is method of using the software by businesses and interested parties where the software is hosted by the vendor of the software and is delivered to the customers via a web browser on Internet. The same piece of code is used by hundreds of users distributed globally and is hosted [...]
March 9th, 2010 | by admin | published in Business Models
So the IT staff is overworked, phones are ringing off the hook and your email box is flooded–what to do? You can do what many financial companies are doing or have done already- connect with a <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=http://www.zootweb.com/additional_information/software_as_a_service.html>Software As A Service</a> (SAAS) instead of purchasing new financial software. Financial companies are looking at [...]
July 18th, 2009 | by admin | published in Business Models
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is general term used for any thing that involves delivering hosted services over the internet. These services are broadly divided into three categories
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).
Cloud has three distinct characteristics that differentiate it from traditional hosting. It is sold on demand, typically by the minute or hour, it is elastic –a user can [...]
