Software as a Service or SaaS is a software deployment model where a web application or service is hosted remotely and delivered to customers across the Internet. Software as a Service eliminates the customer’s need to install, run, support, maintain, and update software on local computers. Application areas such as Customer relationship management (CRM), video conferencing, human resources (HR), IT service management, accounting, marketing and e-mail are some of the initial markets showing rapid Software as a Service adoption and successes.
For customers, Software as a Service applications and services are appealing. Software as a Service customers are able to take advantage of on-demand, utility-based, or concurrent Software as a Service user pricing models that decrease upfront software expenses.
For a Software as a Service provider, the Software as a Service model offers protection for intellectual property by eliminating the need to distribute software to customer computers. Additionally, Software as a Service providers establish an ongoing revenue stream. Software as a Service providers may host the application on its own web server, with cloud computing providers, or with a Platform as a Service (PaaS).
PaaS is more than a delivery option. It offers the entire Software as a Service web application lifecycle as a service, on a single platform including all the environments, tools and systems required to develop, deploy and host Software as a Service applications.
PaaS provides:
- drastically reduced development complexity and time
- amazing end-user experiences
- instant deployment
- reliable and scalable hosting
- a pricing model that is directly proportional to application adoption
Learn more about the Bungee Connect Platform as a Service and how it delivers the entire Software as a Service application lifecycle.