SaaS (Software-as-a-service)

SaaS ( Software-as-a-service ) mean software as a service, SaaS Chinese name for soft camp or software operation. SaaS is based on the Internet to provide software services software application model. As a beginning in twenty-first Century the rise of the innovative mode of software applications, SaaS is the latest development trend of software technology.

The SaaS provider for enterprises to build the information required by all network infrastructure and software, hardware platform, and is responsible for all the early implementation, the latter part of the maintenance and a series of services, enterprises need to purchase software and hardware, building a room, recruitment of IT staff, can be through use of the Internet information system. Like opening the tap water as the enterprise can, according to actual needs, from the SaaS provider leasing services.

SaaS is a software distribution model, its application designed for network delivery and design, is convenient for the user through Internet hosting, deployment and access. SaaS application software price is usually" all-inclusive" costs, including usual application software license fees, maintenance fees and the technical support for the unity, for each user of the monthly rental fee. For the majority of small and medium enterprises, SaaS is the use of advanced technology to implement the information the best way. But SaaS is not only applicable to small and medium enterprises, enterprises of all sizes are available from the SaaS profit.

In 2008, IDC SaaS is divided into two major categories: composed of managed application management ( hosted AM ) - previously known as application service provider ( ASP ), as well as" by need custom-built software", namely SaaS synonyms. From 2009 onwards, the hosted application management has been used as a IDC application outsourcing part of the plan, and on-demand software and SaaS are treated as the same delivery model treats.

At present, SaaS has become an important force in the software industry. As long as the quality and reliability of SaaS can continue to be confirmed, it will not fade charm.

Development history

The earliest application service provider ( Application Service provider, ASP Salesforce and Netsuite ) manufacturers, then there are a number of these companies with enterprise, entrepreneurs have focused on the customer relationship management ( CRM ) on-line, but ASP manufacturers soon encounters the Internet bubble burst, the venture capital withdrawal Internet companies, a large number of ASP manufacturers went bankrupt. In fact, ASP batch bankruptcy is not only the venture capital withdrawal, but its own ASP technology is not mature, ASP CRM also lacks the custom function, integration function, and the speed before and after 2000 is slower, so ASP CRM is only CRM low-cost, low quality alternatives. 2003 Sun introduced J2EE technology, Microsoft . NET technology, previously only through desktop applications to achieve the functions can be based on webpage technology implementation. With Salesforce led many enterprises launched a powerful, good user experience of the enterprise product. Fair to say, SaaS and ASP differences have been more fuzzy, the difference between them have various views, but now the concept of ASP manufacturers are not many. In fact, concept, or minor, is the main mode of online software technology has become mature.

SaaS is short for Software-as-a-Service, with the development of Internet technology and application of mature software, and in twenty-first Century started a completely innovative software application model. It with" on-demand software" ( on-demand software ), the application service provider ( ASP, application service provider ), hosted software ( hosting software ) has a similar meaning. It is a kind of model provided by Internet software, application software vendors will unite deploy in their server, customers can according to their actual needs, through the Internet companies to purchase the desired software application services, according to the order number and length of service to manufacturers to pay fees, and through the Internet access service. Users do not have to buy the software, instead of renting to providers based on Web software, to the management of the business activities of enterprises, and has no need of software maintenance, service providers are managed and maintained software, software vendors to provide Internet applications at the same time, also provide software and off-line operation and local data storage, lets the user whenever and wherever possible can use the order of software and services. For many small businesses, SaaS is the best way to adopt advanced technology, it eliminates the purchase, construction and maintenance of infrastructure and application needs.

Technical advantages

SaaS service model and traditional licensing model software is very different, it is the development trend of future management software. Compared with the traditional service mode of SaaS has many unique characteristics: SaaS not only reduces or cancels the traditional software licensing fees, and manufacturers of application software deployment in the unified server, to remove the final user server hardware, network security equipment and software upgrade and maintenance expenses, customers do not need the addition of personal computers and the Internet connected to other IT investment can through the Internet to obtain the needed software and services. In addition, a large number of new technologies, such as Web Service, provides a simpler, more flexible, more practical SaaS.

In addition, SaaS suppliers are generally in accordance with customer for the software module to charge, so the user can according to the demand of on-demand order software application service, and SaaS suppliers will be responsible for the system deployment, upgrade and maintain. But the traditional management software is usually the buyers need to pay a considerable cost to start formally.

This ERP enterprise application software, software deployment and implementation of software itself features, performance is more important, if the deployment failure, that all inputs almost all in vain, that risk is each enterprise users wish to avoid. Usually, the ERP CRM project deployment cycle requires at least one or two years or even longer time, and the SaaS software deployment projects usually account for only 1/5 of the time, but without the user software license and hardware investment. The traditional software in use by the space and place limits, must be fixed in the equipment used, and SaaS software project can be in any place and time using Internet access. Compared with the traditional software SaaS model in software upgrades, services, data transmission security and other aspects have great advantage.