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Is SaaS the future of software provision?2nd April, 2008

Software as a Service (SaaS) has been around for some time. However, the technology to capitalise on its massive potential is only just becoming affordable and commonplace. Consequently, it’s no surprise that many businesses and service providers are now keen to explore the wealth of opportunity offered by SaaS practices.

SaaS is a model of software delivery that rivals the traditional system of selling software packages and support to individual clients on a one-to-one basis. The key to SaaS is a one-to-many business model that provides web-native packages for multiple clients simultaneously.

In short, the software is developed and hosted by the service provider which charges clients to use, rather than own, the programmes in question.

With the advancements in processor speeds, broadband…

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