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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>John's Web Thoughts : SaaS</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/johnontheweb/archive/tags/SaaS/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: SaaS</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>SaaS Opportunities for Singapore ISV’s</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/johnontheweb/archive/2007/03/16/saas-opportunities-for-singapore-isv-s.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1892605</guid><dc:creator>johnel@microsoft.com</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/johnontheweb/comments/1892605.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/johnontheweb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1892605</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;I recently did a &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A class="" href="http://content.devs.sg/johnel/Presentations/Emerging%20SaaS%20for%20ISV.pptx" mce_href="http://content.devs.sg/johnel/Presentations/Emerging%20SaaS%20for%20ISV.pptx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff size=3&gt;presentation&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; describing the value proposition for a local software producer to convert their&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;product from a “On Premise” model to a Software as a Service(SaaS) model.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Local software developers face many challenges going “Global” with their products.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;The SaaS model provides these companies the ability to extend their customer base worldwide.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;The challenge however is creating a robust and scalable infrastructure to support the products and services they may offer.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;Many of MS Big Brains are hard at work on this issue and have published &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/saas/default.mspx"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;resources&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt; associated with this issue.&amp;nbsp; Their are also some global &lt;A class="" title=Programs href="http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/programs/saasonramp.mspx" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/programs/saasonramp.mspx"&gt;programs&lt;/A&gt; availible to help ISV make this transition.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri size=3&gt;I am working on devloping a local program as well that will bring hosters and ISV's together to help make this transition.&amp;nbsp; Please &lt;A class="" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/controlpanel/blogs/johnel@microsoft.com" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/controlpanel/blogs/johnel@microsoft.com"&gt;email&lt;/A&gt; me if you would like information on this topic&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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