{"id":620,"date":"2008-07-11T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=620"},"modified":"2008-07-11T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2008-07-11T15:00:13","slug":"saas-a-case-for-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/saas-a-case-for-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"SaaS: A Case For Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

McKinsey Research<\/a> has argued that traditional languages like Java and .Net just don’t cut it when it comes to SaaS. Instead they predict that SaaS-based development platforms, something that some people are calling Platform as a Service (PaaS), like those offered by Salesforce, CogHead and WaveMaker, will become the preferred foundations for on-Demand.<\/p>\n

A blog by Chris Keene<\/a> challenges the McKinsey prediction. Salesforce and other development platforms are closed and proprietary. Anything developed for Salesforce will only work in the Apex world of Salesforce. The lock-in and dependency to a single vendor is something that a lot of software companies will think hard about before diving in. This is in line with Gartner’s prediction that SaaS software will be based on 90% Open Source within the next two years.<\/p>\n

\nA more attractive development platform would be one that is provided as a service, but one that is based on Open Source components and non-proprietary development languages.<\/p>\n

McKinsey identified the appearance of ‘ecosystems of applications’ as an important driver behind the successful spread of SaaS. This is a catalog of interoperable applications and components, similar to the Salesforce AppExchange. <\/p>\n

If an Open Source standard for on-Demand application interoperability were available, it is likely that SaaS would be able to flourish from developer innovation and creativity that is unconstrained by vendor-specific and proprietary systems.<\/p>\n

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McKinsey Research has argued that traditional languages like Java and .Net just don’t cut it when it comes to SaaS. Instead they predict that SaaS-based development platforms, something that some people are calling Platform as a Service (PaaS), like those…<\/span><\/p>\n

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