article thumbnail

User Model: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 1

CloudGeometry

First: SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. For a deep dive, have a look at the AWS Definitions – SaaS Lens ; for a deeper dive, see the Google DevOps Catalog here. Second (a corollary of the first): There is no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture. Or just drop us a line.

article thumbnail

Measurement: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 3

CloudGeometry

First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Their conclusion: Delivering software quickly, reliably, and safely is at the heart of technology transformation and organizational performance. When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The SaaS Balancing Act: Always Be Modernizing

CloudGeometry

Determine Customer-centric Priorities The 5 Pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework fron AWS enumerates the elements of a well-architected development framework. The difference between the top 20% of technology organizations is not in (laudable) resilience in the face of downtime.

article thumbnail

Monetization: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 2

CloudGeometry

First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. In fact, monitoring unforeseen changes in your cloud spend can be a direct indicator of how well your architecture delivers the features it was built for (see “ Run cost as architecture fitn e ss function ”, November 2020 Thoughtworks technology radar ).

article thumbnail

Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

CloudGeometry

The B2B SaaS arms race will be won by those who can consistently translate technical debt into development versatility: adding new features, integrating new data sources and workflow integrations, trying new technologies, retiring locked-in dependencies. and onboarding new customers. DevOps transformation! Containers!

article thumbnail

Understanding Multi-tenancy, the Keystone of SaaS

CloudGeometry

This is a not one-sided convenience to just make life easier for the technology side: it’s a delivery model that structures how resources within the SaaS platform serve your customers. There’s no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture, so practical strategies of building such frameworks will vary.