Strategy and Implementation
Today the advantages of a SaaS software model are well-known. ISVs know the importance of including one in their product offering, but making a SaaS-enabled product introduces many challenges.
Imaginea has experience with SaaS and is capable of delivering, designing, architecting and testing many types of SaaS applications and products across verticals.
SaaS ecosystem
The typical SaaS ecosystem is comprised of an ISV product or application, migrated and SaaS enabled (deployed so as to cater to on-demand use by its end customers within a hosted environment). Software companies can choose to have all or some of the software components SaaS-enabled to reap the benefits of a pay-per-use model. But to achieve this, a SaaS ecosystem must have several solutions catering to provisioning, metering, securing and reporting.
ISV and business application SaaS requirements
The majority of products in the SaaS-enabled application arena are made to work with popular services like Salesforce, ADP, SuccessFactors, Google and others. Applications based on SaaS model are distinctly different, and a special approach must be taken when trying to understand the way it works. Some ISVs may develop SaaS applications from scratch while others choose to adapt existing applications. SaaS allows product companies to offer their products as a service. The product, while hosted by the product company, remains under its control, and users can access it remotely through their desktops and users can pay for the service in a subscription mode or usage mode.
In subscription mode, the user is allowed to use the software for a predetermined period of time based on a one-time payment. In usage mode, the user is charged based on usage. It can be based on the particular services or features used, the period of time the service is used or other options. Since the product is deployed and hosted by the product company, the company has control over the installation, configuration, and upgrades. So, new versions can be made available in a shorter amount of time with users having no control over which versions they use and their migration to these versions.
Experience
Imaginea has worked with some of the most respected ISVs and helped them build world class SaaS applications. For more information or for a quote, please contact us.
Architecture definition and design
The SaaS model of deployment has jumpstarted a revolution by allowing the use of metered services on-demand. Software product companies seeking ways to offer their product on a SaaS architecture while expediting their time-to-market can rely on Imaginea's experienced SaaS architects who mentor and provide best practices that will work for your product. The architecture design team will take into account your specific business goals and technical requirements, and will provide solutions for you and your customers, whether they are large enterprise customers or SMEs. We will guide you to the proper scalable, configurable model, from Single-Tenant-Virtualized to Multi-Tenant-Efficient, when moving your product to its new SaaS address.
Partial or full enabling for SaaS
Imaginea's experts will collaborate with you and your team and help you choose the application and functionality-set that are a best fit for you when enabling it for the SaaS deployment model. You can change the market dynamics by giving your customers the benefits SaaS has to offer. Imaginea's design and architecture teams will guide your team through the many technology and architectural options, which can pose a challenge. We will validate benefits, enabling partial application functionality, before moving on to full enablement, in accordance with your business policies and your organization's overall vision and goals.
SaaS tooling for metering, provisioning
Providers of SaaS applications need to meter and monitor usage from both data and execution perspectives. Such close attention is necessary for the success of the provider's scaling and monetization models. With Imaginea's help, your application's SaaS platform will be able to monitor system events and meter a user's utilization of services. You will be able to achieve assured revenue acceleration and improved efficiency by using a SaaS metering solution. You will also be able to ensure a constant revenue stream by gaining a deeper understanding of your customer's needs and expectations and expand market presence by creating packages for a variety of customer budgets.
Testing Integrated SaaS Application
SaaS-enabled applications do not operate in a vacuum. For customers, the real power of a SaaS-enabled application also comes from its linkage with upstream and downstream processes, and therefore applications supporting those processes. With the help of Imaginea's testing professionals, testing procedures are automated end-to-end across a variety of external applications, platforms and technology environments. Our services cover functionality, usability, reliability, performance, and security, allowing our customers to fix any integration deficiencies, and provide greater value to their customer.
Performance benchmarking
Imaginea helps you benchmark your SaaS applications on multiple dimensions in the technical, operational, or financial arenas. Whether Single-Tenant or Multi-Tenant, we can help you monitor and collect proper data sets, aggregate and analyze them for benchmarking based on quantifiable performance and operational aspects, such as scalability, 24x7 availability, ability to work on multiple platform combinations, and so on. Also you will be able to benchmark your applications on 'softer' dimensions such as business process flexibility, usability and interaction design, which are crucial for success in the current situation with rich internet applications.
