Before the internet was not in the order of the day well, getting the software delivered to your home/office was quite hard. Even by the time the internet came into the scene, but the speed was lacking, you were bound to walk into a physical store and get the type of software you want load in certain types of physical media. The one good thing was you could get hold of even the most sizable software in your media type easily on a payable basis rather than to go through the cumbersome downloading process. In the beginning, the internet connection was possible by dint of the telephone phone lines, which was proverbial for frequent disconnection and you’d have to start the downloading process from scratch. Some efficient downloadable software programs were able to resume from the point the process discontinued albeit the fact that we also went through frustration cannot be downplayed.
Today, because of the turn of the tide, there is a plethora of high-speed Internet access throughout the globe, downloading any length of software models is possible easily in less span of time. With this revolutionary technology of the internet, there is release of innovative and wonderful software models in the market.
Incidentally, lets accept the fact that an exciting change is taking place in the information technology or IT services sector with a heavy use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, which is in the order of the day. SaaS avails high-speed Internet connections and there is a variety of benefits through this software delivery model. In SaaS, things are different; software needs not be downloaded and installed on the PC of every person, but in fact the program already exists in “the cloud”.
Now, some of you might be eager to learn what the term “the cloud” means. Well the term the cloud is not new but has been around already for some time before yet it has been confounding people a lot. Anyways, the cloud implies the Internet. Take, for example, Google Apps. You need not download anything to use Google’s word processing app since any PC having internet connection with updated browser is able to access the same. Through this app, you are facilitated to access your files from just any part of the globe.
The best thing with Google Apps is that you are able to access files from any part of the world, without having the need to install or update anything. However, it is a must for Google users to update their Operating System, but updates to Google Apps come to pass automatically. Also, a variety of exciting, innovative features are added automatically by Google that you can look into depending on your preference.
Reading by now, you might be able to understand the significance of Software as a Service, an all the rage and very useful software delivery model used widely in intermodal software solution. It is equally helpful in the container management system. SaaS is at the helm of popularity in the domain of Intermodal software since it is proven very helpful in software delivery.
Alongside of the various pros with SaaS, there are some cons as well, which we will discuss later. Meanwhile, you can add into your knowledge that SaaS is not the perfect answer when it comes to software delivery that deals with everything flawlessly nevertheless its widely growing use and helpfulness in the industry of intermodal software cannot be ignored.
