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The future of an enterprise is inseparable from the past ten years of saas, the ten years of the industrial Internet, and the ten years of theoretical development and practical exploration. Driven by the policies of "Industry 4.0" and "Made in China 2025", the development of intelligent manufacturing has become the goal of the global manufacturing industry. With the advent of the intelligent manufacturing boom, manufacturing enterprises have more and more demands for the management of intelligent workshops. As one of the three major elements of the Internet, the SAAS platform has also been widely discussed.
SAAS platform advantages
In fact, in the era when cloud computing has not yet prevailed, we have already come into contact with some SaaS applications. Through browsers, we can use search systems such as Google and Baidu, and we can use E-mail. We do not need to install search systems in our own computers or Mailbox system.
Platform advantages:
- SaaS providers can ensure the security and confidentiality of each enterprise's data through effective technical measures.
- SaaS adopts the charging method of flexible leasing. On the one hand, the enterprise can increase or decrease the usage account as needed; on the other hand, the enterprise pays according to the actual usage account and actual usage time (monthly/yearly). Greatly reduces costs for businesses.
- Simple and easy from a technical point of view: SaaS is a simple deployment, no need to buy any hardware, just a simple registration to get started.
- From the perspective of maintenance and management: enterprises purchase SaaS services, just use and operate, and do not need additional system maintenance personnel, which greatly relieves the pressure on human and financial resources of enterprises, enabling them to concentrate funds to effectively carry out core business operations. operation.
SAAS application
SAAS is widely used. For example, today's Internet companies have more or less dealt with SAAS systems or technologies. For example, enterprise ERP, enterprise OA, etc. are all part of SAAS. Nowadays, more and more industries are also Start using saas software. In particular, offline retail merchants, catering stores and major small and medium-sized enterprises all need a complete saas system for collaborative operation. As a saas service provider, Xiamen Juyou Technology provides a series of saas software solutions for enterprises and offline merchants, helping enterprises to upgrade quickly and improving efficiency in offline retail. The software service era of saas has begun. The future development of enterprises is asset-light and operation-light. In this process, the service of saas is an indispensable condition. Therefore, the development of saas empowerment of enterprises in the future is an inevitable trend.
What is the SAAS platform?
SaaS is a completely innovative software application model that has emerged in the 21st century with the development of Internet technology and the maturity of application software. Its full name is Software-as-a-Service, (software as a service), which is a mode of providing software through the Internet. Manufacturers uniformly deploy application software on their own servers. The manufacturer orders the required application software services, pays the manufacturer according to the number and duration of the ordered services, and obtains the services provided by the manufacturer through the Internet. Users no longer need to purchase software, but instead rent web-based software from providers to manage business activities, and do not need to maintain the software. The service provider will fully manage and maintain the software. The software manufacturer provides Internet applications to customers at the same time. , also provides offline operation of software and local data storage, allowing users to use their ordered software and services anytime, anywhere. For many small businesses, SaaS is the best way to adopt advanced technology, eliminating the need for businesses to buy, build and maintain infrastructure and applications. The price of SaaS application software is usually an "all-inclusive" fee, which includes the usual application software license fee, software maintenance fee, and technical support fee, which are unified into a monthly rental fee for each user. For the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises, SaaS is the best way to use advanced technology to implement informatization. But SaaS is by no means just for small and medium businesses. Businesses of all sizes can profit from SaaS.
Features of SaaS
One of the earliest SaaS services is online e-mail, which greatly lowered the threshold for individuals and businesses to use e-mail, thus changing the way of communication between people and between businesses. Since its development, the types and products of SaaS services have been very rich. Services for individual users include: online document editing, form making, schedule management, contact management, etc.; services for enterprise users include: online storage management, online conferences , project management, CRM (customer relationship management), ERP (enterprise resource management), HRM (human resource management), online advertising management and application services for specific industries and fields, etc.
The main difference between SAAS and traditional software
1. The difference between development mode and interactive mode:
The development mode of traditional management software is centered on software products, and through market promotion, it constantly seeks more customers to purchase products to achieve business growth. Traditional software generally interacts with customers through disk media such as CD-ROMs or software downloads, and then the manufacturer's technicians complete the installation of the server and the client, as well as a series of configurations. In the SaaS model, the client does not need to install any client software similar to the traditional model. In addition, for cloud-based SaaS product clients, as long as there are devices that can connect to and browse the Internet, customers can access the software system "anytime, anywhere" through mobile phones, computers, IPADs, and other means to operate and manage.
2. Differences in software profit models:
The first is the change of the software payment method. The traditional management software payment mode is that the customer needs to invest the project funds for the entire project at one time. In addition to the management software product itself, there are also server clusters, network platforms, and system software of the entire system, such as database systems, etc. , software providers mainly rely on sales of software products for profit.
In the SaaS model, the online software services are regularly paid for by leasing, which greatly reduces the project investment risk and capital investment pressure. SaaS providers mainly rely on providing software leasing services for a large number of customers to obtain corporate profits. The SaaS operation model takes "service" as the core, the content of sales changes from software licenses to services, and software products become the carrier of services. The relationship between software suppliers and customers has changed from a buying and selling relationship of software products to a service relationship.
3. Differences in deployment time:
SaaS has always been at a disadvantage in terms of data security; traditional software is installed on the user's own server, and the related data is controllable, while SaaS data is stored on the software provider's cloud server, and the data is not under its own control , the privacy and security of data will be subject to greater challenges.
SaaS users do not have control over operational details such as infrastructure backups, disaster recovery and security policies.
The data of traditional software is basically stored on the project operator or the enterprise's own server, and the stability and security will be greatly guaranteed.
4. Differences in integration:
One advantage of modern SaaS is that it can be integrated into third-party solutions. For example, customer relationship management (CRM) software like Salesforce can easily integrate with other solutions like Tenfold. This can lead to more efficient work done.
Integration may be a smooth upgrade option, and SaaS may not be able to meet the needs of enterprises in one step or cooperate with different industries, which makes the trend of SaaS integration a realistic choice. The old domestic software companies, such as UFIDA, Kingdee, Fanwei and other companies, reflect this trend when integrating old and new and using "Cloud Bridge" to connect third-party solutions.
The Significance of SAAS for Contemporary Enterprises
For many small and medium-sized enterprises, SAAS is the best way to adopt advanced technology, eliminating the need for enterprises to purchase, build and maintain infrastructure and applications, and is a completely innovative software application model. In the 21st century, with the development of Internet technology and the maturity of application software, this software service model has gradually emerged.
Compared with the traditional software model, the advantages of the SaaS model essentially bring about an improvement in the overall cost-effectiveness:
Infrastructure cost: In enterprise deployment, it is often necessary to equip each system with independent resources considering the upper limit of use, while SaaS vendors provide a unified resource pool for many users, which can moderately reduce hardware costs, although many enterprise customers Purchasing software separately is not necessarily a concern.
Routine O&M costs: Professional centralized O&M improves O&M efficiency and quality, and greatly reduces overall O&M costs. It is unrealistic and inefficient for every enterprise to equip the ITSM system with professional operation and maintenance personnel. However, in SaaS vendors, highly professional and skilled operation and maintenance personnel can operate and maintain thousands of customer systems. It is not a multi-tenant mode but a mode that each user deploys individually, and the operation and maintenance efficiency will also be greatly improved.
Start-up and trial-and-error costs: The SaaS charging model also allows companies to reduce the startup threshold and trial-and-error costs. Due to the characteristics of SaaS, a relatively simple self-guided configuration method is often provided, allowing users to start using it faster.