SaaS
or Software as a Service
is a cloud service that enables consumers to access software applications over
the internet. These applications are used for accomplishing an array of tasks. Moreover,
some of the examples of SaaS are Google, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and many
more.Well! It is pretty understandable that organizations use these
applications for many purposes such as accounting and invoicing, managing
sales, planning, supervising performance and communications (including webmail
and instant messaging) and so on. Thus, SaaS empowers the businesses to thrive
and flourish in an apt manner. SaaS eliminates the need for the organizations to
install and manage the applications on their own computers or data centers. Thus, the
expenses of extra installation costs and expense of hardware acquisition,
provisioning, software licensing etc. are eliminated. Hence, instead of
installing and maintaining these software applications, you can simply access
it through Internet and complete the particular tasks without complications.
Some
of the benefits of Software as a Service (SaaS) are as follows:
1.
Flexible payments: Rather than
purchasing software and paying the maintenance cost, customers can subscribe to
SaaS offering and make their operations more affordable and supreme.
2.
Scalable usage: SaaS hosting offers high scalability and this empowers the
customers to access the applications as per their specific needs and
requirements.
3.
Automatic updates: Whenever there is
an update available on internet, cloud provider will automatically update the
application and thus, save your precious time and money.
4.
No additional hardware costs: Cloud
provider only supplies the processing power and hence, there is no requirement
of additional hardware installation or maintenance.
5.
Applications can be tailored as per your
needs: With some software, customization is available which describes that
as per your needs and business requirements, you can alter and change the applications
and make it go well with the needs and branding of a particular customer.