Dear AR,<br><br>Thank you for sharing this article with us. It seems that this diversification will benefit the Suppliers more than day-to-day users. The main reason being the current limitations to effect payments on line by those in remote geographical locations (non-urban users). But, hey! this creates a business opportunity for the middle-persons and banks to handle the small volume of transactions (I think so).
<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Yassin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 15/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Anne-Rachel Inné</b> <<a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">annerachel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The article is too long so I am attaching a PDF of it.<br>Article at a glance:<br>Delivering software as a service<br><br> * Traditionally, companies buy software and then install and<br>maintain these applications on their own machines. That model is
<br>giving way to one where companies will buy subscriptions and access<br>services over the Internet from software developers that host their<br>own applications.<br> * Some applications will migrate to the new delivery model faster
<br>than others, but all<br>software makers should begin to explore the economics and necessary<br>capabilities for online delivery.<br> * Revenue models for these developers will change, since software<br>as a service delivers fees over time rather than large up-front
<br>license purchases.<br> * Customer service and R&D capabilities will also need to adjust<br>to the reality of ongoing relationships with customers rather than<br>periodic upgrades.<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<br>This article contains the following exhibits:<br><br> * Exhibit 1: The economics of companies that deliver software as a<br>service differ from those of large software companies, though they are<br>similar to those of smaller ones.
<br> * Exhibit 2: Applications are likely to migrate from traditional<br>delivery to software as a service at different times for enterprise<br>customers vs. small and midsize businesses.<br> * Sidebar exhibit: Software as a service offers a reduction in
<br>total cost of ownership.<br><br><br>cheers<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann">
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