BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY(LL)-W/ACCESS
BUSINESS DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY(LL)-W/ACCESS
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ISBN: 9781260149043
Author: BALTZAN
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Software as service:

  • “SaaS” stands for “Software as a Service” where the applications are being delivered over the cloud and where the users of it pay for its use.
  • It provides pre- installed and configured software package as per the requirement.
  • The user needs to pay for the software package or resource that is used.
  • It acts as complete package of services.
  • The service provider will handle everything and does not require any subject knowledge.
  • It deals with the applications such as email and social networking sites.

Business excited about using SaaS ERP systems:

The below are the reasons businesses are excited about using SaaS ERP system:

  • SaaS is considered as the hosting model in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software because the ERP software applications of the firm are being placed at the servers of the vendors.
  • Thus using SaaS ERP will reduce the cost of software usage, hardware usage and resource required in the managing the applications.

SaaS being trend in the business world:

The below are the reasons SaaS being hot trend in the business world:

  • Before the trend of SaaS the companies used to spend large amount of money to implement and customize the specialized applications in order to satisfy the requirements of the business...

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