Ubiquitous Access

The good news is that SaaS applications, since they are generally available over the Internet, are essentially accessible from anywhere and thus broadly usable. The bad news is that SaaS applications, since they are available over the Internet, are essentially accessible from anywhere. In an era of hackers and botnets, this accessibility may be a concern depending on what exactly it is that you’re doing with the cloud. Some SaaS environments requiring highest security—such as the New York Stock Exchange Euronext community cloud—have no Internet connections.

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