Apr 03 2009
How Web 2.0 SaaS Became the “Next Big Thing” on the Internet
Web 2.0 is not all just about being the next big hype on the Internet. The reason for its popularity among millions of users on the Web is the great shift from the way new applications are being developed, packed up, licensed, distributed, maintained and used. It has to do mostly with the software as a service. Another thing that creates another buzz on Web 2.0 is the presence of a lot of small startups and the way they are taking the applications and the Internet.
SaaS as the new chance of success on Web 2.0
The ASP or the Application Service Provider is a model during the 1990s which failed significantly despite its hype and the amount of the capital money it has been provided. During the Software as a Service Summit held in Napa, industry analysts and leaders who gathered there concluded that the new version of the ASP, now called Software-as-a-Service or SaaS has far better chances than ASP because of today’s market conditions. According to the SaaS proponents, because of the growing number of people who can afford to access the high-speed Internet, computer technology and Web vendors are willing to e mbrace the open standards which are only a few factors that were able to develop an innovative and rich environment for the SaaS to thrive.
In the past, when ASPs convinced a lot of customers to allow them to host their software and IT systems, an online business could only be considered a novel concept mainly because access on the Internet was not as fast and widespread as it is today. Only a few years ago that the Internet broadband has surfaced and allowed a lot of people to access a lot of applications found on the Web in a simpler and cost-efficient way. This is why SaaS has been in demand nowadays, unlike what happened to the ASP.
Why Web 2.0 SaaS generated a lot of customers
Since It systems are hard to maintain and can be very expensive, most companies are now more agreeable to give up their control of the software they managed and their networks to someone or something who can work far better than what they can do. People in general became aware on the notion that they can’t do everything perfectly all by themselves. They were able to see the reason how they became very at ease when doing some transactions over the Web. This in fact is a trend that made the success of SaaS providers. With more people doing online transactions on the Web, they will also be willing to embrace other online business services other than SaaS to become even more comfortable with anything related to the Web.
Web 2.0 SaaS today
These past few years, the materialization of the open technology principles and the eagerness of leading companies such as the Microsoft and IBM corporations to allow their IT systems to be interoperated have also provided help to the growth and development of the SaaS market. According to Sal Visca, a senior director in the Business Objects SA, had said that the construction of these Web services standards allowed the Web to become a phenomenon we commonly call as Web 2.0. Web development today has made great changes due to these standards and also offered most companies with a way to let their software interoperate even better.
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