Platform selection: SaaS doesn’t solve your platform troubles March 31st 2008

SaaS ISVs select their platform. Even so, there are hard choices to make; the identical choices ISVs were facing 30 years ago.

SaaS is a dream come true for ISV development managers; finally there is only one platform to worry about. The long years of cross-platform development are over.

The bad old days are over where every customer had a different combination of hardware and software. No more support calls asking you to confirm in writing that you support version x.y of product z.

In the new SaaS world there is only one platform–the one you choose to run your hosted application. Even better, you have total control of your platform. What’s more, not just making the first choice, but for all future upgrades and improvements as well. Luxury, pure luxury!

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PaaSTalk.com: A blog about Platform as a Service (PaaS) March 26th 2008

PaaSTalk.com is a blog (now retired) for independent software vendors (ISVs) on Platform as a Service (PaaS). Andrew Biss wrote PaaS Talk as he learned to use the WordPress platform.

The PaaS Talk blog is about what Platform as a Service (PaaS) will mean to independent software vendors (ISVs) making the move from using traditional tools and techniques to the very different mindset and approach required to build, deploy and operate Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.

Not found what you’re looking for? Then try the PaaS Talk site map to explore by article title, category, tag, month and author.