The Godfather of SaaS Computing: “Time-Sharing” Computing Services
Technology historians credit IBM for developing centralized hosting services in the 1960s. Back then, people called it “time-sharing” or “utility computing,” and only large corporations with heavy data demands (think banks) could afford it.
Internet Leads To The SaaS Boom
Then along came Tim Berners-Lee; he birthed “the Internet” and technology took a giant leap forward. Startups developed digital workplace solutions, which ushered in Application Service Providers (ASPs) — the homo erectus to SaaS’s homo sapiens.
ASPs typically deployed software through clients’ servers, which were created and customized solely for the client’s use.
But thanks to rapid technological leaps and cloud computing, the SaaS business model has moved to the forefront for most software vendors, as it allows for easier scalability, implementation, reduced costs, and increased data security. Moreover, instead of manual installation, users can simply access accounts on the cloud or through web applications.
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