The software consumption model has drastically changed to provide users with more scalable, resilient, and accessible solutions. Whether it’s productivity software, email, or specialized applications, delivering them via the cloud has become a preferred delivery and consumption model.

Software as a service (SaaS) allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the Internet rather being tied to a premise based server, and spend considerable money on licensing costs. Common examples are email, calendaring, and office tools (such as Microsoft Office 365).

For organizational use, you can rent productivity apps, such as email, collaboration, and calendaring; and sophisticated business applications such as customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and document management. You pay for the use of these apps by subscription or according to the level of use.

SaaS provides a complete software solution that you purchase on a pay-as-you-go basis from a cloud service provider. SaaS allows your organization to get quickly up and running with an application with minimal upfront cost.

Benefits of Cloud Software (SaaS)

• Scalable – Add and remove users as needed, and grow your data with no requirement for expensive equipment upgrades
• Resilient – Applications deployed in highly fortified data centers providing up to 99.999% availability
• Accessible – Access you applications and data from any location
• Cost – Fixed monthly or annual cost model with no requirement for future upgrades that are both costly and service impacting
• Secure – Leading industry security solutions deployed and managed by the software vendor to ensure the users access, and data are secure

GSC IT Solutions is a licenses Microsoft Cloud Service Provider (CSP) who have the depth of experience to assist in the adoption, transition, and deployment of cloud based software applications to help your business function more efficiently.