What it takes to be a SaaS provider?
Good article by Sinclair Schuller of Apprenda for GigaOm. Here, he outlines what it takes to be a serious SaaS player. It is more than just putting out a web application out there. Read on…
The growth of the cloud community and the appetite for cloud-based software options over the past few years has been remarkable, although not unexpected. The SaaS model offers two distinct competitive advantages for software developers — massive economies of scale and sustainable profit streams –- over the traditional model. Yet astoundingly, many firms take the plunge into providing SaaS without understanding the underlying requirements necessary to ensure success.
