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Comprehensive 90 Day SaaS Enablement Program Speeds Time-To-Market for SaaS Offerings Santa Clara, Calif., April 26, 2005 OpSource, a leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, announced its SaaS Enablement Programsm, a revolutionary suite of tools and services that address the business model, code and operational challenges of bringing a SaaS solution to market. Several companies have engaged OpSource for the 90-day SaaS Enablement Program (see below), which includes three integrated components:
SaaSTracksm: An innovative tool that facilitates data collection and provides the foundation for analysis and recommendations. SaaSTrack processes customer data and produces reports containing essential information on SaaS suitability, coding recommendations, build vs. buy decisions and more. The tool also provides interactive modeling worksheets to create what-if scenarios concerning pricing and unit sales strategies, along with revenue, break-even, and ROI projections. SaaS Consulting: Using the SaaSTrack tool, highly skilled OpSource business consultants work with key decision makers in product management, engineering and IT to gather the necessary data for creating an appropriate business model, assessing the implications for the software architecture and determining the infrastructure and operational requirements of a SaaS offering. By leveraging the modeling and best practices capabilities of SaaSTrack, OpSource consultants drive the quantitative and qualitative analyses to ensure that the customer makes a well-informed decision and delivers the best possible SaaS solution. SaaSTestsm: A production-quality test environment that allows the ISV to validate the readiness of its application by performing application, load, and authentication testing. The infrastructure is used as a staging environment prior to moving into production and allows seamless migration when the application goes live.
Furthering the Adoption of SaaS The SaaS model differs fundamentally from traditional enterprise application delivery. To successfully provide SaaS to end users, ISVs must examine nearly every facet of their business: pricing, billing, sales compensation, revenue recognition, code, infrastructure, end user support and more. As demand for SaaS and competitive pressures intensify, OpSource's SaaS Enablement Program provides a consultative and tactical approach that enables software vendors to address these issues. This helps software companies accelerate time to market, minimize costs and deliver the best possible solution to their customers.
According to Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource: "As the leading SaaS enabler, we are in a unique position to help ISVs optimize the effectiveness of SaaS solutions and avoid costly mistakes or oversights in the assessment and development stages, so that they can move quickly to the delivery stage. Our success with brand-name customers such as Agile, Blue Martini and KANA, coupled with our SaaS Enablement Program, reinforces that OpSource has a clear vision of where the SaaS market is headed and that we are building the capabilities to uphold our market leadership position."