Saas - Summary

• SaaS greatly enhances the ability of developers to scale their application on demand and better suite customer needs
• It encourages Agile practices by enabling providers deliver frequent updates/patches without waiting for major release cycles as in traditional applications.
• SaaS applications however are susceptible to privacy, security and reliability concerns
• Hybrid environments combining both SaaS and traditional application methodologies may be useful in scenarios of extremely sensitive data or where constant up-time must be maintained.
• Use of SaaS services is pervasive in the development and deployment of modern applications
• In conclusion, the SaaS methodology is very mature and would play a central to the future of computing.