Hi Anne, Wouldn't Amazon.com (or Ebay) be a case of a company that is not a software vendor but that is still selling software as a service? And using services as the enabling technology to do so?
Eric --- Anne Thomas Manes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's how I see it: > > SaaS is a business model that applies to > organizations whose primary product > is software (i.e., software vendor). These vendors > can license the software > to other organizations who will deploy it and run it > as they deem fit, or > the vendors can host the software (either themselves > or through a service > agency) and licenses user subscriptions to the > software. > > The classic example of a SaaS vendor is > Salesforce.com. > > A SaaS application does not need to be > service-oriented, although > service-orientation would be a valuable feature in > that it will enable > easier integration with other software. > > SOA is a software design discipline in which > application functionality is > implemented as reusable services that can be shared > by many different > applications. > > Organizations whose primary product is not software > (i.e., not a software > vendor) should not be thinking in terms of SaaS. > Non-vendors should be > focused on selling their business services > (healthcare, financial, > manfacturing, etc). Very often delivery of these > business services involves > the use of software -- but the software is simply > the means to the services > -- not the service itself. If you are a financial > services company > specializing in settlement services, then you are > selling settlement > services, not software services -- even if the > settlement service is > implemented using software. > > Anne > > > On 2/22/06, Paul Denning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am trying to reconcile or form a mental model of > Software As A > > Service (SAAS) and SOA. > > > > How does an On-Demand Application (ODA) relate to > a "service"? > > > > How are they (SAAS, SOA) similar and how are they > different? > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Any good links? > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-orientated-architecture/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
