Comments on: Software as a Service: The Last Mile http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mobile O/X http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Mobile O/X Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:06:40 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=402#comment-627 The ASP or SaaS model is truly becoming more flexible and useful. I was wondering if there are any companies out there that do more than just allow you to modify existing applications but actually allow you to upload your own custom or 3rd party applications. The ASP or SaaS model is truly becoming more flexible and useful. I was wondering if there are any companies out there that do more than just allow you to modify existing applications but actually allow you to upload your own custom or 3rd party applications.

]]> By: Jay Brooks http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Jay Brooks Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:59:38 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=402#comment-626 Software as a service through an ASP provides many benefits, like: saves money, saves time, better customer service, faster deployments, faster upgrades or changes, and increased sales for ISV's. Coaxis ASP specializes in this this service. Visit there website at http://www.coaxis-asp.net or call us at 850-219-5731. Software as a service through an ASP provides many benefits, like: saves money, saves time, better customer service, faster deployments, faster upgrades or changes, and increased sales for ISV’s. Coaxis ASP specializes in this this service. Visit there website at http://www.coaxis-asp.net or call us at 850-219-5731.

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/comment-page-1/#comment-625 sogrady Fri, 15 Apr 2005 17:19:13 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=402#comment-625 hey jeremy, no problem. i'm enjoying the virtual cornucopia of scripts, and have found literally a dozen that are of moderate to significant utility. Udell's right. this is going to explode. hey jeremy,

no problem. i’m enjoying the virtual cornucopia of scripts, and have found literally a dozen that are of moderate to significant utility.

Udell’s right. this is going to explode.

]]> By: Jeremy Dunck http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Jeremy Dunck Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:32:34 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=402#comment-624 Thanks for the kind mention, Stephen. It's up to 19kb in the latest version. For clarity, Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension, but the scripts a user chooses to install for Greasemonkey are called "user scripts". And don't miss the burgeoning directory here: http://dunck.us/collab/GreaseMonkeyUserScripts Thanks for the kind mention, Stephen.

It’s up to 19kb in the latest version.

For clarity, Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension, but the scripts a user chooses to install for Greasemonkey are called “user scripts”.

And don’t miss the burgeoning directory here:
http://dunck.us/collab/GreaseMonkeyUserScripts

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/comment-page-1/#comment-623 sogrady Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:20:46 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=402#comment-623 interesting JP, i haven't heard it used in that context all that much. but put it this way: i'm certainly not wedded to SaaS. if we all want to agree to call it something else, i'm game. whatever works. interesting JP, i haven’t heard it used in that context all that much. but put it this way: i’m certainly not wedded to SaaS. if we all want to agree to call it something else, i’m game. whatever works.

]]> By: JP Morgenthal http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/14/software-as-a-service-the-last-mile/comment-page-1/#comment-622 JP Morgenthal Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:44:45 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=402#comment-622 Ahh, no industry does more to destroy good names than the software industry. Your use of the term Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is correct in terms of industry understanding--it is the ASP model. However, I have been using this term in talks on SOA to differentiate things running in an SOA from Web Services. We've boxed ourselves in on this one. If we say services, people naturally assume we're talking about Web Services, which is not always the case. In an SOA, ANY software that provides a stateless service in a loosely-coupled way is a service, and hence, it is Software-as-a-Service. Let's think a little wider focus on this one and realize that software-as-a-service can be running inside the enterprise. Within a couple of years, SAP will be operating purely as Software-as-a-Service within the organization. Saas is dead (or not dead as you state above) only if you look at SaaS as the group of applications that you rent. However, I say that SaaS is a much wider net that has yet to even be explored. Ahh, no industry does more to destroy good names than the software industry. Your use of the term Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is correct in terms of industry understanding–it is the ASP model. However, I have been using this term in talks on SOA to differentiate things running in an SOA from Web Services.

We’ve boxed ourselves in on this one. If we say services, people naturally assume we’re talking about Web Services, which is not always the case. In an SOA, ANY software that provides a stateless service in a loosely-coupled way is a service, and hence, it is Software-as-a-Service.

Let’s think a little wider focus on this one and realize that software-as-a-service can be running inside the enterprise. Within a couple of years, SAP will be operating purely as Software-as-a-Service within the organization. Saas is dead (or not dead as you state above) only if you look at SaaS as the group of applications that you rent.

However, I say that SaaS is a much wider net that has yet to even be explored.

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