Welcome to PaaS Talk, my retired blog for ISVfocus.com on what Platform as a Service (PaaS) means to independent software vendors (ISVs) making the move from using traditional tools and techniques to the very different approach required to build, deploy and operate Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. The PaaS Talk blog is retired, but if you’ve any questions then please add a comment or get in touch with me direct.
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Hi, I’m Andrew Biss. I’ve been in the software industry since 1980 and love helping people improve their products and processes.
I founded consulting firm ISVfocus.com to help independent software vendors (ISVs) compete. I learned the tricks of the ISV trade in senior development and strategy positions at software tool ISVs in the UK, US, France and Germany.
I curate samples, tips and tricks at TechPresenting.com to help professional software developers improve their presentation skills. Having faced diverse internal and external audiences in 19 different countries, I know just how daunting tech presenting can be!
I recently came across the Cloud Computing Portal. While the look and feel needs some work, the goal is to become a central source of information on cloud computing. The model is to get user-generated content from the community.
Unlike Wikipedia, it is not obvious at first sight who is behind this portal. The only clue is the URL cloudcomputing.qrimp.com. This tells us that the portal is being hosted by Qrimp, a cloud application builder.
In part one of this article I introduced Phil Wainewright’s five layer PaaS model. Phil asked readers to say which layer they would prefer to use for building a SaaS application. Readers had cast 173 votes by May 15th.
In part two I looked at layer one: do-it-yourself and layer two: managed-hosting. Neither is suitable for SaaS ISVs. In part three I move up to PaaS layer three: cloud computing. Might this be more suitable for ISVs building SaaS solutions?
Cloud computing was the most popular choice of Phil’s readers. 27% said they would prefer it to develop a SaaS application. I wonder how many of them realise that cloud computing, just like banking, relies on a simple confidence trick…
In part one of this article I introduced Phil Wainewright’s five layer PaaS model.
Phil asked readers to say which layer they would prefer to use for building a SaaS application. Readers had cast 173 votes by May 15th.
Let’s work though these results and see what they mean for ISVs moving to SaaS.