SAAS is software as a service

I remember hearing a couple years ago that Bill Gates was saying the software industry is moving away from boxed sets in stores to the software as a service, SAAS, concept, that is, software provided online and even customized online in near real-time. The business customer rents the server and the software, rather than buying them outright. This rental agreement saves business money, as they do not have to buy annual software and server upgrades or hire extra technical personnel, since all that upgrading is covered in the rental agreement.

And now the software as a service concept is here in all its glory, and one company successfully deploying this concept for its customers is www.phase2int.com. Their customers get fast setup of software on servers they can access from anywhere in the world. For example, take a look at www.phase2int.com’s hosted team foundation server and their cheap web conferencing. I’m sure you will find their offers competitive.