The Benefits of True SaaS and the Dangers of Cloud Impostors
March 28, 2014
Grazed from Business2Community. Author: Raj Narayanaswamy.
The cloud services model for delivering software has become wildly popular over the last few years because it offers benefits that legacy, on-premise software can’t match. Its consistent, hassle-free updates, economies of scale derived from centralized maintenance, and predictable cost models have all contributed to the global rush for businesses to move many of their enterprise applications to the cloud.
By 2017, enterprise spending on cloud computing will amount to a projected $235.1 billion, triple the $78.2 billion spent in 2011, according to the market research firm IHS. Spending for infrastructure and services related to the cloud will reach an estimated $174.2 billion this year, up 20% from the amount spent in 2013, the firm reported…
However, the rising popularity of the cloud delivery model, also known by the acronym SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), has led many vendors to try to cash in on the trend without really changing their products enough to provide the true value of the cloud. In fact, many software vendors are simply modifying their applications so they can be accessed online and host the software themselves. But this is not the same as a “real” SaaS; without the right architecture, these vendors cannot deliver on the real promises of cloud computing…