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

 What is Saas?  How does SaaS work?  Advantages and Disadvantages  What does it look like?  Examples  Prevalence  Barriers to adoption  Conclusion

 SaaS (Software as a Service)  1. A way of delivering applications over the internet as a service  2. Licenses are needed for each customer or deploying a single instance multi-tenant access mode  3. Licenses are provided though "pay-as-you-go" model or no charge

 Multitenant model  A SaaS provider uses the same application environment for all its customers.

 SaaS Vs. ASP  Single-tenant model : each customer uses the business software as a single tenant

 1. Save money  2. Simple the business process for both Vendors and Clients  3. Faster implementation  4. Multi-tenant efficiency

 1. Lack of flexibility  2.Security  3. Stability  4. No expected results

 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

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

 SaaS becomes prevalent, because of the long-term benefits of SaaS according to Forrester Research.  1. Easier to access  2. Can be used efficiently  3. One-Fifth less cost

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

 More concentration is needed: SaaS is just a software, so it won’t operate until people let it starts.  The security problem of customer’s privacy: It potentially possesses the risks of security.

 Every SaaS will not be developed equally.  Company: needs to keep their own systems for certain functions.  Client: evaluate benefit and cost before they adopt SaaS.

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