Foundations of Technology Management

Have you ever noticed how much technology has changed from time ? I think that the changes of technology affect are living because of the way wecommunicate with people , how simple it is to finish tasks , by how creative we can be , and how effortless it is to travel with you . Life is impacted by technology and is changed to fit us .

SaaS, Software as a Service is the software, which is being deployed and provided over the Cloud environment (Grance, 2009). It represents one of the biggest Cloud markets and is growing exponentially fast (Rouse, 2016). The web is being used so that applications can be delivered, which are thoroughly managed and organized by a third party vendor and whose interface is undeniably accessed on the client’s side. The majority of the SaaS applications can be run directly from a web browser, needless of any downloads or installations. Some plugin’s requirement would be there, though. Blaming to the web delivery model, there is a well-noted eradication of the need for installation and process of application’s running on individual computers by SaaS. Some imminent examples of SaaS are: Google Apps, Salesforce, Workday, Concur, Citrix GoToMeeting, and Cisco WebEx

Today almost everyone in our society has a computer that can fit in the palm of our hand. Which would not even be remotely possible without the intervention of electricity, we rely more on phones then we do on other people. We can be friends with people all around the world and talk to them from the comfort of our own homes. We drives cars and trucks almost everywhere we go without even thinking about how far we are really going. We are doing things in our lives today that didn’t even cross the mind of someone who was alive a century

SaaS is generally acknowledged to have been acquainted with the business world by the Salesforce. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) item. As one of the soonest contestants it is not amazing that CRM is the most famous SaaS application range, however, email, budgetary administration, client administration and cost administration have likewise gotten great up

purposes of this paper, only PaaS and SaaS will be discussed. According to the Chief

Today it is hard to imagine what our lives would look like without the technology that surrounds us, it is even harder to imagine what our lives would be with the technological advancements that began to take shape during the Industrial Revolution that begun in England during the 18th century. The industrial revolution brought on many changes into humans everyday lives, allowing us as mankind to increasingly become smarter, faster and more productive. Some of the "major changes[ that took place were] in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions" . It can be said that in the last 30 years or so humans have begun even more rapidly to reshape their lives as the technological advancements began to be available on a greater scale to the public, and more importantly the speed at which the technology grew and continues to increase as today it is even becoming astonishingly faster.

Disruptive technology is a new way of doing something that initially does not meet the needs of existing customers. This type of technology tends to open new markets and destroy old ones. While, a sustaining technology produces an improved product that customers are eager to buy. This technology provides better, faster and cheaper products on established markets.

We can all attest to the fact that technology has made our lives better in numerous ways. We have the ability to communicate with people in different countries with the use of a cell phone. We are able to communicate with our loved ones via Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat etc... People are living longer because technology continues to advance, and the more it advances, the more we find answers and cures to diseases. Senior citizens are living longer which enables them to see their family develop. Technology has also increased the speed in which we receive and find information. Academically, students now have more of advantage than those who attended school without the usage of smartphones, computers, and Google the world's biggest search

There are a thousand different forms of technology. Some are more advanced than others, but most of them are meant to benefit our daily lifestyles. In the article “Can Technology Help Us Put an End to Animal Experimentation” written by George Dvorsky he explains how our upgraded technology is helping with the elimination of animal testing in today’s science. “A Step Beyond Human” by Andy Greenberg tells an inspiring story of how through a devastating accident a gentleman used technology to better himself and others like him. Although each of these articles vary in context, their use of technology seems to be the same. Through the progression of technology, we are bettering the quality of life with enhanced programs, ample amount of research, and a dedicated amount of time.

Disruptive technology brings about many opportunities for both innovation and productivity outputs, however it can also be a risk. It includes developments that create substantial change across the economy for most people and businesses, the impact of which causes significant costs to adjust to due to capital being made obsolete and workers becoming underutilised. Clayton Christensen is considered to be the world’s top expert on the concepts of disruption innovation and technology and according to him the ‘introduction of digital disruption offers a better alternative to the present approach for solving customer problems’. Digital disruption is redefining the norm, changing both markets and competitors around the world. Whilst it can be a positive change for

Christensen (Bower & Christensen, 1995; Christensen, 1997) refers the disruptive technology as an “innovation that results in worse product performance in mainstream markets.” It is also described as a ‘typically cheaper, simpler, smaller and frequently more convenient to use’ version of an obtainable merchandise. (Corsi and Di Minin 2014) Hence, the credibility of Christensen’s theory was questioned by some if it’s really reliable or simply a myth theory. This literature review tackles the effectiveness of this theory through samples from other dependable sources that discusses Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation and such challenges that it may encounter.

We are strong believers, that SaaS is a disruptive force in the enterprise landscape and that Salesforce in the company that has done the most to evangelize about the merits of SaaS and more recently the social enterprise. Its growth rates (most recently 32% in FY14) demonstrate its continues drive to capture market share but more importantly “mind share”. However, this comes at cost. Our measure of the business illustrates that profitability has fallen dramatically at the expense of revenue growth. Accounting policies such as deferred commissions and capitalized R&D and the considerable use of stock options has helped to inflate the income statement and keep non-GAAP results at acceptable levels. Recent M&A activity in the sector suggests

Technology has created shortcuts in working and made tasks easier to accomplish. Technology may have caused our life to be faster but it made it easier also. Phones, vehicles and computers are all physical examples that contributed abundantly towards the life of our people. With technology, transportation has increased significantly. We don’t have to walk to go

Software as a Service (SaaS), sometimes referred to as "on- demand software" is a software delivery model in which software and associated data are hosted on the cloud. SaaS is typically accessed via a web browser and is paid on a subscription basis, monthly or yearly as per requirement.

SaaS is becoming an increasingly prevalent delivery model as underlying technologies that support Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA) mature and new developmental approaches, such as Ajax, become popular. SaaS is closely related to the ASP (application service provider) and On Demand Computing software delivery model