SaaS Benefit Number 1: No Software Installation.

I’ve decided to write a little mini series of posts of the next few weeks to look at the benefits of using SaaS – Software as a Service technology. Some of the benefits are WinWeb specific, but were only possible by using this technology.

SaaS is a relatively new software concept that allows you to “consume” software as a subscription, like for a magazine. The software is made available to you via your browser ( IE, Firefox, Safari and other browsers), but the benefits of this may not always so obvious.

Benefit Number 1:

You do NOT need to install the software, you open your browser log in and get to work. It is that simple!

This has several advantages for you. There is no problem with getting the software to work in the first place. Often when you install software, you see the little software loading bar, slowly go across the screen, while you sit there and wonder if it is going to work or if it is not. This problem does not exist for you anymore when using SaaS software.

Since your printer already works with your browser, it will also work with your SaaS application, no need to interfere.

How many hours have we all been sitting in front of the computer screen, pulling our hair out, over some problem a software installation caused. It does not matter if you use your computer for business or not, this time is wasted unproductively.

If you are interested to discuss this topic in more detail please visit www.sbqaforum.com.

Links to the other posts in this series:

SaaS Benefit Number 1: No Software Installation
SaaS Benefit Number 2: Software runs on Linux, Mac and Windows
SaaS Benefit Number 3: Free Software Upgrade
SaaS Benefit Number 4: Anywhere @ Anytime

Tags: Business Development, Business Start Up, Home Business, Micro Business, On-demand, SaaS, Selfemployed, Small Business, smb, sme, sme-blog, Software as a Service, WinWeb

7 Responses to “ SaaS Benefit Number 1: No Software Installation. ”

1. THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » TiEcon 2006: Software Luminaries Panel : The Software Richter Scale: 1, 3 or 7?
   
   Said on May 18th, 2006 at 4:03 am

   [...] I see that Stefan started a mini-series on the benefits of SaaS – the Software as a Service model. I thought it would be interesting to insert here my notes from the  Software Luminaries Panel at TiEcon 2006, a Silicon Valley, California Entrepreneurial Conference I attended last weekend..  While Stefan’s series will obviously look at SaaS from a small business user’s point of view, this Panel discussion examined the issue from the software companies standpoint – some are larger organizations, others are startups, i.e. small businesses themselves, just like most of our readers here.  Please note, even though I am  publishing this, after the Conference, but did only very basic editing,  essentially posting my raw notes from the meeting.   I’ve also deviated from the role of passive note-taker here, as this is a subject where I am somewhat competent, and can’t help but insert my own comments here and there – you will see those in italics.  I invite Panelist, participants and obviously readers of this blog  to feel free and correct / add to my notes in the form of blog comments. [...]

2. THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » SaaS Benefit Number 2: Software runs on Linux, Mac and Windows
   
   Said on May 18th, 2006 at 9:02 am

   [...] SaaS Benefit Number 1: No Software Installation [...]

3. Emily Coltman
   
   Said on May 19th, 2006 at 12:30 pm

   I’ll buy that.

   I’ve just spent about half an hour trying to load Sage version 12 on a colleague’s machine. It asked for a password and there wasn’t one. It took following long written instructions and about 20 minutes on the phone to Sage before it was sorted out (credit where credit is due, Daniel on the helpline was very helpful and knew his stuff).

   Then I had to remember to load the service pack as well.

   And to cap it all, when we finally got the client data loaded, the client wasn’t even on version 12.

   Oh for Winweb.

4. THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » SaaS Benefit Number 3: Free Software Upgrade
   
   Said on May 21st, 2006 at 1:35 pm

   [...] SaaS Benefit Number 1: No Software Installation SaaS Benefit Number 2: Software runs on Linux, Mac and Windows SaaS Benefit Number 3: Free Software Upgrade [...]

5. THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » SaaS for Very Small Businesses - Show Me the Money
   
   Said on May 31st, 2006 at 4:45 pm

   [...] Stefan, Winweb’s Founder and CEO started an excellent mini-series on Saas Benefits  detailing a lot of technical, delivery, usage aspects – now I am going to look at the changed economics from the other side, the software vendors’ point of view. [...]

6. Baseball Bats For Sale
   
   Said on November 12th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

   I think the most important of the advantages that you list here is that it can be used anywhere any time. For me that means i am no longer tied to the desk for hours at a time. I can do mundane administrative work during travel time.

7. Abi
   
   Said on February 25th, 2010 at 2:35 pm

   I think SaaS is the next generation model for sofware deployment. It is really smart with zero maintenance cost to the customer, amongts other great benefit. To me the flexibility of working anywhere, at any time (home, car, work) etc.. is a winner

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