Saas ( Software As A Service

Cloud computing was a completely new term a short 9 years ago, in 2007. The basis of this technology is to move the workload of IT activities away from an organization, and to one or more third parties that have resources dedicated to processing such things. These can be, but are not limited to, networking, storage, software systems, and applications. Rather than having to create and maintain their own expensive datacenters, companies can pay a fee to use someone else’s. This makes growing businesses extremely flexible, as they can easily gain or remove storage space per their needs. Being able to purchase the use of online storage space is known as “hardware as a service,” or, more simply, “virtualization.” Being able to purchase the use of online software is known as “software as a service.” Both are very powerful tools that allow the minimization of a company’s IT budget.

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

SaaS: which stands for “Software as a Service”. This is the most complete service among all

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

which often use these platforms to develop their services, and PaaS also allow third parties to

Because of their background, knowledge of the billing systems and understanding of the market needs, they were well aware of the “Software As A Services (SaaS)”, its future as well as the opportunities and the obstacles. They had also envisaged the market need for an efficient billing system. Their vision was to provide an e-commerce platform that powers the service industry at a low cost

Cloud computing offers services to users based on on-demand self-service, broad network access, measured service, resource pooling and rapid elasticity; These characteristics promise a faster time for implementation, lower cost, superior scalability and a better end user satisfaction. These services are delivered in models known as Software As A service (SaaS), Platform As A Service (PAAS), and Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS). The first layer which is the Software As A service (SaaS) is the layer in which software applications are delivered to end users. Below is the Platform As A Service (PAAS) layer which offers a platform on which applications can be developed. The lowest layer is the Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS) layer, in this layer the physical servers and network infrastructure is offered as a service. These services can be deployed throughout the internet (Public Cloud Computing), on the intranet infrastructure, (Private Cloud Computing), in a shared community of private networks (Community Cloud Computing), or a hybrid of both (Hybrid Cloud Computing). The service deployment models are [8]:

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

Cloud Services and Virtualization continue to grow in popularity but are they right for your business? These technologies can reduce overhead operation costs, improve utilization of resources and provide a level of flexibility to the organization’s Information Technology (IT) system. Understanding that these technologies do and their pros and cons is the foundation of choosing the right features for your business. Cloud services offer three types of services; Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to meet the software, infrastructure needs of a business and provides them on a lease type of payment plan. Virtualization has three types of server virtualization, Full virtualization, Para-Virtualization and OS level Virtualization. Similar to Cloud services Virtualization types have features which may suit one business over another. Comparing the features provided by these technologies to total ownership of the IT system is also crucial in selecting the best services for your company as there can be an array of combinations of services contracted and internally owned features. While the perks of these technologies can be beneficial for an organization they should be carefully researched and tailored to the business strategic goals for

Cross device compatibility: SaaS applications can be accessed via any internet enabled device, which makes it ideal for those who use a number of different devices, such as internet enabled phones and tablets, and those who don’t always use the same computer.

SaaS applications offer wide range of configuration options and development environments that allows clients to set up their own additions and modifications.

As a student, the first step to success is to physically sit down and study. However, a problem arises when students cannot locate study spots in an appropriate time or manner. Overall, there is an inefficiency in the market for study spaces. Some spaces, such as the library have high demand but lacks the supply to match it. Yet, other study spaces such as residence academic lounges are underutilised with supply exceeding their demand. With total enrollment at approximately 30,000 students, there needs to be an efficient way to determine what study spots are open, and where they are located.

SaaS is a method of software that allows data to be accessed from any device with an internet connection. In the web-based model,

The popularity of SaaS systems is based on the positive impact it has on availability, performance and security. As an alternative to traditional, on-premise hardware and software, SaaS solutions provide real advantages and not just change in style. Organisations that adopt SaaS systems can enjoy:

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