Hello World coded by Dayton

I just a read a little about SaaS and I thought I would share some of what I learned.

You may be using SaaS and not even know it. Some examples are:
– Web based access to applications you use at your office, like a web mail version of your companies Outlook email.
– Running a network based application, where you run a link that points to a network located application, and it installs locally. When updates or patches are applied to this network application, the next time you run the link, you get the updates and patches.

This also allows for simplified management of a centralized location of an application, meaning the application only has to be maintained in one location, even if it is used across the web or a large corporate network.

Another benefit, is companies can offer there applications using a SaaS model across the web and offer access to it using a monthly subscription service instead of a large upfront cost.

More information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_as_a_service

Thanks for checking out my article, and feel free to stop by and check out my iPhone and iPad applications http://www.pruetsoftware.com/.

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 6th, 2010 at 2:27 pm and is filed under General Technology, Web Development. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.