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  1. I am currently using google apps for my business. Obviously I like the “free” part for now, but I am willing to write a check if that is what it takes to keep the service. It is wonderful and the best thing is; it took me only a few minutes to complete the setup and, I get to use the same well-know google look and feel for my business needs.

    At the same time, it will interesting to see how google will start charging for all these applications. SaaS pricing is a subject that is not well defined and a lot of thought process is going on in this area. Delivering software using the SaaS model involves more factors like the cost of resouces required to keep the software up and running and the costs of scaling for a customer(s) based on usage. Pricing has to accomodate for these factors and will become more interesting, if you add to this the fact that in the future SaaS applications can consist of repackaged/bundled other vendors SaaS applications. At some level, the traditional perpectual/term license models for SaaS enterprise software have to change to more practical usage based / utility based pricing models.

    -Divakar

    Divakar JandhyalaFebruary 15, 2007 @ 10:00 pm