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Revision as of 12:49, 3 October 2006
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with Software as a Service. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2006. |
SaaS World
DEFINITION of SAAS Software as a Service may become one of the most important developments in the software industry. The characteristics for SaaS are:
- Software is provided over the Internet and hosted with a hosting entity
- The provided service accepts your data and manages your data and processes in the respective software.
- The user does not have to take care of hardware infrastructure, data backup, software updates etc.
- In contrast, a website or an e-commerce software which somebody just consumes is not considered Software as a Service, unless that software has an API and can be used by a third party for their own purposes
- And finally Software as a Service is typically paid in an annual, quarterly or monthly cycle - not as a perpetual license.
- Unlike software leasing, the service provider owns the software, guarantees to manage it and allows users to use it for a given timeframe. While a leased software is owned by the leasing company and exclusively used by the leasee.