SaaS Development – Challenges of Transition
Software as a Service (SaaS) has revolutionized the traditional use of software. Software hosted at a central location by a vendor can be made available to numerous users' worldwide. CRM software, BPM, LMS, CMS software can all get transformed to cost-effective SaaS alternatives. A SaaS model, therefore, can be considered as "renting" the software to global customers who can access it via the Internet.
Companies are migrating to customized SaaS applications tailored to meet their specific business needs, which streamlines supply chain and eliminates the need to install licensed software on individual workstations.
The SaaS transition challenge for ISV's
Due to technical complexity, SaaS development requires considerable up-front design and architecture work. For any independent ISV, this is a particularly challenging task since they may not have the requisite architectural design experience and development resources needed to develop a successful SaaS-Application platform. Time-to-market pressure may necessitate partnering with an external SaaS product development company to gain on-demand access to SaaS specialists.
During the SaaS migration process, companies face several business challenges that are as complex as the technical issues:
- Revenue interruption
- Extensive customer and data migration
- Making sense of the myriad variety of new software development tools
- Re-orienting software research
- Re-structuring pricing models
SaaS migration can thus be an arduous, time-consuming and costly task. Therefore it makes sense to partner with a SaaS transition specialist to transition as quickly and as cost effectively as possible into a SaaS platform.
Leo Technosoft is one of the few leading companies that provide comprehensive SaaS product engineering services to worldwide ISVs. As an external SaaS development services partner with a strong product development foundation, the company offers easier migration as well as scalability to a SaaS environment. Their product 1.0 program conducts free consultation and feasibility study to determine if moving to SaaS is right for the organization. Leveraging deep technical understanding, the company successfully migrates products within tight timelines and budgets. The company has more than 20 SaaS product solutions to its credit which has provided multi-million turnover to companies in the shortest time-frame.
The SaaS revolution led by Cloud Computing is changing the way ISV's do business and the SaaS reality simply cannot be ignored. ISVs should strongly consider outsourced SaaS product development as a way to transition their products to SaaS.
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