BUS237 D-106

BUS237 D-106 (group #6)Harley Lang, Ivy Jiang, Jasmine Yu

Agenda – Why are we here?

What is Saas? How does SaaS work? Advantages and Disadvantages What does it look like?

Examples Prevalence Barriers to adoption Conclusion

1. What is SaaS?

SaaS (Software as a Service) 1. A way of delivering applications

over the internet as a service

2. Licenses are needed for each cus-tomer or deploying a single instance multi-tenant access mode

3. Licenses are provided though "pay-as-you-go" model or no charge

2. How SaaS works?

Multitenant model A SaaS provider uses the same application envi-

ronment for all its customers.

Different forms of service delivery

SaaS Vs. ASP Single-tenant model: each customer uses the

business software as a single tenant

3. Advantages of SaaS

1. Save money

2. Simple the business process for both Vendors and Clients

3. Faster implementation

4. Multi-tenant efficiency

4. Disadvantages of SaaS

1. Lack of flexibility

2.Security

3. Stability

4. No expected results

5. What kind of software can be offered as a service?

Some general software that can be offered as a service:

1.Customer Relationship Management (CRM)'s,

2.Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)'s,   3.General Ledger Accounting, Invoicing, 4.Document Management, Financials,

and so on

6. Examples of SaaS

1. Google SaaS offers software services such as: email, calendars, word documents, and websites.2. Microsoft SaaS allows businesses to purchase an annually renewable license for specific Microsoft Office programs.

7. How prevalent will SaaS become?

SaaS becomes prevalent , because of the long-term benefits of SaaS ac-cording to Forrester Research.

1. Easier to access

2. Can be used efficiently

3. One-Fifth less cost

8. The expectation of using SaaS

About 90% of respondents will maintain or expand their current usage of SaaS.

9. The barriers to adopt SaaS

More concentration is needed: SaaS is just a software, so it won’t

operate until people let it starts.

The security problem of cus-tomer’s privacy:

It potentially possesses the risks of security.

10. Conclusion

Every SaaS will not be developed equally.

Company: needs to keep their own systems for certain functions.

Client: evaluate benefit and cost be-fore they adopt SaaS.

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