Architecting Cloud Computing Solutions

SaaS – things to consider

Using SaaS, organizations have potentially limitless possibilities for running applications that may not have been otherwise possible given the limitations of their corporate systems, infrastructure, or resources. If the right middleware and associated components are deployed, SaaS can present massive incentives and benefits. Organizations can quickly realize benefits from scalability, flexibility, and on-demand self-service capabilities. Customer adoption accelerates as access to data and applications can be from virtually anywhere, at any time with internet access. Additional benefits include:

• Cost control, cost reduction
• Licensing or support becomes a built-in component for the provider and the subscriber benefits ...