What is software as a service?

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What is software as a service? A company that provides Software as a Service solutions what do they do exactly?

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Bl8ckr0uter

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ipconfig.all

thank you and I have read them before but I need a clear understanding of them and how it works and what are the pros/cons etc of it

Bl8ckr0uter

ipconfig.all wrote: »

thank you and I have read them before but I need a clear understanding of them and how it works and what are the pros/cons etc of it

OH hmm. At one of my jobs we did some SaaS stuff, which was basically us delivering a piece software over the net. I think pros are delivery and portability. The cons would be cost and sometimes control. There could also be a potential issues w/ security and stuff.

sidsanders

its pay as you use sw, kinda like electricity. you only use a small amount, you pay for what you used as opposed to paying a "full" license. mainframe folks have had similar in tso for ages, and pay for use concepts in sw arent new, just have "new" names you can say.

my view---
good: can keep costs low in sw costs, hw costs, people costs.
bad: lack of control, security concerns, too much use can cost more then outright ownership

delivery of the prod doesnt have to be over the inet, can be internal. billing/metering info is sent remote, or to some other internal central location. charge backs can be compared to this concept in my opinion.

Kaminsky

There is also infrastructure as a service where your servers and networks are based in a hosting data centre.