Software As A Service

SaaS is a software delivery model. In this a third party will hosts the data or software and
make it available to the customers over the internet. It is closely related to the ASP
(Application Service Provider) and on demand computing software delivery models.

History of SaaS
 What is Driving the Move to SaaS

I. Accessibility- Its accessibility is one the major

reasons behind its success. Employee can now Region 1

access data from anywhere or anytime.

II. Risk Minimisation- It removes the risk of on

premise physical backups fail.

III. Decreases Operating Issues- When we deal with

on-premise software installs, then there can be a
lot of installations and upkeep headaches.

IV. Increased Collaboration- One of the important

reasons why companies are moving towards
SaaS is it greatly increases the collaboration
between team members. Companies Using SaaS and its forecasted value

V. Reduces Cost- It reduces the overall cost by

eliminating various 3rd party dependency for
maintenance, upgrades etc.
 Traditional On Premise Vs SaaS

There are many factors on the basis of which

company decides which way to go. However,
Cost is one the major factor which affects
everyone.
If we will compare the two on the basis of the
cost then we can see that the SaaS has major
advantage over Traditional way. It reduces the
cost by eliminating various factors such as
Customisation, Hardware, IT Personnel etc.