I was pointed to an article by John Dvorak on the feasibility of SaaS as a business model given concerns around privacy . It reads as a bit of an alarmist article to me since its main point seems to be that US based SaaS providers are subject to US Government warrants and possible spying could take place...

I've been reading a lot and giving talks on SaaS and S+S (Software + Services) but the thing most people don't mention is that if you're building a true SaaS application then the only things your customer will ever see is the web interface the API (webservices, REST, ...) which are most likely XML based...

It's been a long summer hiatus, hopefully everyone enjoyed their summer as much as I did; finally back and ready to start posting on a regular basis. There have been a lot of discussions around Software as a Service and I've been doing a lot of presentations on "Software + Services" (I'll explain...

A great overview of Software as a Service (SaaS) from Kevin Sangwell.