The Hyper- growing of

SaaS
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Global SaaS Industry growth

By 2020, SaaS would be 132 USD
billion of revenue share Industry
majorly contributed by SMB segment.
Categories such as CRM, Education,
HRM, Marketing, and Health care are
ripe for the SaaS entities.

Types of SaaS Companies

Rise of API based SaaS

SaaS product continues to deliver the value programmatically via

API , instead of GUI.
For instance API based services are Clearbit, Contentful, and
Twilio. This would be the future for the web based software.
Saas upcoming Landscape Mobile First SaaS
Vertical versus Horizontal SaaS
Unbundling of SaaS
Micro SaaS Business
Messaging apps transitioning to Platforms
SaaS based market places
Software AI and Automation-Bots

Conclusion

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