RE: [service-orientated-architecture] SAAS vs SOA

[Mukund Balasubramanian]

Todd:   That’s an interesting point you bring up regarding one subset of Amazon’s business model which is the “store within a store” for which Amazon might well be built upon the SaaS business model. However, as you mention as well, I don’t have enough details about the exact means that Amazon gets paid. If amazon of course, is merely a platform on which Target sells its stuff and that gets construed as SaaS then of course, eBay would be fitting the same mould albeit with smaller sellers – right?   I guess what I am saying is that the line gets blurred and it doesn’t seem to be as black and white as it seems at first. The question is “does eBay or amazon get paid for bringing to the sellers a large number of customers or for providing the platform where they can culminate their purchase?”.   Any answers?   Mukund Balasubramanian   From: Todd Biske [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 7:36 AM To: service-orientated-architecture@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [service-orientated-architecture] SAAS vs SOA   Although, would the service that Amazon provides for companies like Toys 'R Us, Target, and Circuit City be considered SaaS?   I've only recently begun to see some information on how that works.  I'm reading "Services Blueprint: Roadmap for Execution" by Dr. Ravi Kalakota and Marcia Robinson, and Amazon comes up a few times.   -tb   On Feb 23, 2006, at 7:14 AM, Anne Thomas Manes wrote: Not really. Amazon sells retail/e-tail services. Consider the pricing model -- you pay Amazon a fraction of proceeds from each sale, not for use of the software. Likewise, Ebay sells auctioning services. Anne On 2/22/06, Eric Newcomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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/ SPONSORED LINKS Computer software Computer aided design software Computer job Soa Service-oriented architecture     YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS    Visit your group "service-orientated-architecture" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.         SPONSORED LINKS Computer software Computer aided design software Computer job Soa Service-oriented architecture YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "service-orientated-architecture" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.