Parallels Solutions for Independent Software Vendors Deploying Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

As an independent software vendor (ISV), getting your solutions to market quickly is your primary goal and constant challenge. Your delivery choices for deploying software include partnering with a hosting provider, hosting your own apps, and/or collaborating with a software delivery standard. Parallels experts can help you decide which cloud computing delivery methods work best for you.

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	Speed time to market. Building a back office for SaaS application deployment is time consuming and a never-ending process. Lucky for you, Parallels Automation has a fully-integrated back office for ordering, billing, managing and supporting your apps. Whether you're hosting your own apps or partnering with a Parallels hosting provider, you'll be able to roll out new apps faster with Parallels Automation.
	Reach a wider audience. The Application Packaging Standard (APS) is a packaging format designed to help ISVs and providers implement a SaaS business model. APS is made available free to all industry hosting providers and independent software vendors. Developing SaaS to APS standards is essential for integration across multiple service providers and to reach a wide-spread audience.
	Be part of the club. Parallels is a driving force behind the creation of a large-scale cloud computing ecosystem where software vendors and cloud operators together deliver a wide variety of services to businesses and consumers. Part of this delivery system is the APS Catalog. Parallels customers and control panel end-users can easily access the APS catalog where they can browse and download more than 200 APS-standard hosting apps directly from the Parallels Control Panel.
	Listen to the analysts. According to an IDC press release from Jan. 2009, the SaaS market will expand rather than contract despite the economic crisis. "SaaS services have benefited by the perception that they are tactical fixes which allow for relatively easy expansion during hard times," states SaaS research director Robert Mahowald. "Nearly 90 percent of organizations surveyed expect to maintain or grow their usage of software as a service (SaaS), citing cost-effectiveness and ease/speed of deployment as primary reasons for adoption," states a Gartner press release from Dec. 2008.