Benefits of Software-as-a-Service(saas) for Your Business

Are you going to vacation and looking for a car? Thinking how to find an office to start your business? Actually, such cases arise very frequently. And the best way of problem solving without excessive costs is renting items. This is the best solution if you do not want to save for years.
There are the same savings in software. So, what makes SaaS so popular?
‘Software as a service’ is a software delivery model which is based on cloud services: the software and associated data are hosted on the cloud. Sometimes this model referred to as ‘on-demand software’. This application is typically accessed by clients using a thin client via the Internet. As distinct from other client software apps or packages, you do not have to create software, but only rent it. The fee charged is usually on monthly based system. There are some benefits of SaaS are listed below.

• The first advantage noticed by everyone is that you do not have to pay for development or license. Also one will not have to purchase new service hardware or other infrastructure, hire additional IT employees for app support. You still have IT costs but they are more limited.
• These apps addressed to various companies. So using SaaS you have an access to the huge collective intelligence, which includes wide software and hardware of system and implement ideas suggested by professionals.
• Very often you can find software bugs. SaaS provider can easily tell you about the status of operation and if something is wrong the problems will be fixed immediately. As traditional software providers do not host the applications, they need some time for responding to the defect.
• SaaS applications are updated without any additional intervention in the process. Whereas traditional software updates may attract extra efforts from the client.
• If your business has seasonal character or has to stop the process for some time, you can just put it on hold. The best thing is that no fees charged for that period.

But you should know that SaaS is not suitable for all business. This application is a good solution for business which accepts universal tools. But if you want to differentiate from competitors through their client service or something like that you should looking for traditional software.

The article was written by Andrew Smith, QArea Company.
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