SaaS – History and a Look Ahead
Software as a Service (SaaS) is method for delivering software that provides remote access to software as a web-based service. SaaS allows businesses, usually smaller businesses, to acquire the rights to use particular software by paying a monthly fee rather than purchasing the software and whatever hardware might be required for the software to perform. For example, many of us purchase word processing software that we install on our home computer. SaaS gives us access to the same functionality but via a web-based service for which we pay a monthly fee (typically considerably lower than purchasing the software) so that we can still use the word processor without installing it on our PC.
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SaaS – History and a Look Ahead