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February 12, 2006
Why Software-as-a-Service is Growing
by Sridhar Ramanathan
If you're hearing more and more about the emerging Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, check out Axel Schultze's blog where he does a nice job articulating the benefits of Software-as-a-Service over traditional enterprise software. Axel Schultze is CEO of Tanooma, a Software as a Service provider, and his partner is Dr. Timothy Chou, former executive of Oracle On Demand. Here are his top ten reasons for the emergence of SaaS:
- Time to value
- Perpetual service model
- Major transformation in usability and support structure
- Financial predictability
- Leveraged Administration, reduced cost
- Data security and reliability
- Meta Data - Business Benchmarks
- Technology Free Information Management
- User Integration
Check out his blog for the full description. We welcome your own impressions of this emerging business model.
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