Talk:Software as a service

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However[edit]

I agree with you that SaaS is obviously connection dependant [sp. dependent] , and the inherent risks that lie within that fact. However, more and more companies are becoming very web-oriented. The jobs that are part of this web-oriented structure can easily be identified as: Those who get to go home for the day, because the ISP is down. And currently, there are a lot of those already.

Currently, ISP's do not provide companies with that ultra-high-speed pipe, but as SaaS increases in popularity, so will the understanding of ISP's to these companies.

I don't agree with you on your third point. With respect to WrappedApps.com 's solution, only the applications themselves are hosted on the SaaS providers' servers, not data. And if data must be stored remotely, then most certainly a compan's IT legal experts would not sign a contract with any 'held-hostage' data clauses. As well, if a company can't afford to pay the fees for their employees to use the software, then there are some serious problems with that company, as SaaS should be more economical than buying high-cost multi-user licenses.

Characterization of ASP is completely off[edit]

The History section compares SaaS with ASP, but all points about ASP (managing and hosting third-party software, installation of software on users' personal computers, and maintaining a separate instance of the application for each business) are pretty much completely wrong. And with that, the difference between ASP and SaaS just about goes away. The term ASP came into disrepute after the dot-com crash, but it's just about the same as SaaS. The Techtarget article quoted as the only source for this paragraph actually says as much, so not even the citation is correct.

Question:Do all On-Demand services come under the definition of SaaS?[edit]

Question:Do all On-Demand services come under the definition of SaaS?

When SaaS was first coined?[edit]

I removed the section "The acronym first appeared". See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Software_as_a_service&diff=1187630568&oldid=1187141593

I removed it because it's false. Cited USPTO case from 1986: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=73559543&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch in section Goods and Services the meaning of symbols tells that everything in between (( * * )) has been replacing what's between [ ]; most probably at a later date. Indeed we can find here: https://altbevalc.com/record-rental-and-computer-software-rental-amendments on May 22, 2018 an amendment was proposed (search for Markpro or Stratx).

So the "SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS)" part of the the goods and services description of this USPTO case is not from 1986, it's from 2018.

I'm still interested in knowing who coined first the software as a service and SaaS terms, and when! Jonathan Métillon (talk) 13:04, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SaaS Metrics[edit]

I think the article is missing information about the SaaS as a business practise, or maybe it should be it's own subpage? I was trying to expand the article with SaaS metrics but it got marked as spam: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Software_as_a_service&diff=prev&oldid=1213139007 should these be on their own subpage or is it something that should not be on Wikipedia at all? ping: User:LilianaUwU Inffer (talk) 11:18, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The sole source is a student paper that sources vendor blogs and Forbes contributor blog posts; it also appears to be published on a common Beall's-listed predatory journal. Without actual sources, there's not much to start with.Sam Kuru (talk) 12:14, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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