Build Software + Services (S+S)
In a S+S world, solutions are not either pure SaaS (a.k.a. "in the cloud") or fully "on premise", rather they are a combination of local software and Internet services interacting with one another: local software making "cloud" services better and cloud services making local software better.
In this section, you will learn about the best practices in building S+S solutions.
.gif) | LitwareHR v2: from SaaS to S+S
LitwareHR v2, takes all the foundation we built around multi-tenant / try before you buy / meta data driven "online services" released in v1 and augments it with: - A rich client WPF based front end showing guidance in disconnected/offline scenarios as well as allowing "power users" to tap into rich visualization and local resources.
- A "cloud service", in this case Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live handling video resumes posted by applicants.
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| Litware HR v2: Demo Walkthrough
This 25 minutes webcast will walk you through the multiple facets of LitwareHR v2. |
| Multi-Tenant Data Architecture
In order to take advantage of the benefits of SaaS, an organization must surrender a level of control over its own data, trusting the SaaS vendor to keep it safe and away from prying eyes. To earn this trust, a prospective SaaS architect must create a SaaS data architecture that is both robust and secure, efficient and cost-effective to administer and maintain. |
ArchiveArchitecture Strategies for Catching the Long Tail
Software delivered as a service. Everyone knows what it is, roughly, and everyone knows it's going to be big. Yet few people would say they can really define it, and even fewer know how to build it. This paper provides an overview of this model for software delivery, a high-level description of the architecture of its applications, discussing its challenges and benefits. | SaaS Simple Maturity Model
The discussion was not whether they should move to SaaS (they were convinced of that already); but very much how to successfully implement SaaS. This simple maturity model can help. | Architecture Chat About Software as a Service, with Gianpaolo Carraro
In the first of a new architecture chat series on the MSDN architecture center, Diego Dagum sits down with Gianpaolo Carraro, an architect on the Architecture Strategy team at Redmond to talk about Software as a Service (SaaS) and the implications for enterprise architects and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). |
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