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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. ISVs and SaaS providers differ in software distribution, licensing models, hosting responsibilities, support options, upgrade and maintenance procedures, and scalability.

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Top Tips for Startups to Create Powerful Partnerships with Big Companies with SAP VPs Kange Kaneene and Alok Kapur (Video)

SaaStr

It’s worth investigating whether the company has deeply penetrated an aspirational market and whether or not it has a business model compatible with your own. Can your startup fit into an existing programmatic commercial construct, or is there something the company has to work with you to build? Visit the SAP.iO

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

CloudGeometry

Cost to serve a customer-facing feature is money that comes out of your pocket, and goes straight into the cloud provider’s pocket. When you want to procure more cloud resources faster, cloud providers make it easiest to buy speed, whether or not that pays off for you in the long run. It‘s almost always a function of time.

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State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Join Bessemer Venture Partners’ Byron Deeter and Kristina Shen as they take a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. This marks the company’s fifth annual in-depth look at the cloud computing industry. And guess were how many of them were private cloud unicorns? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

The emergence of generative AI, cloud computing, and new spatial platforms is poised to disrupt 3D creation end-to-end. Brief History Of Game Engines Humans have always desired to construct and explore worlds of our own imagination. A game engine is the canvas by which these real-time 3D interactive worlds are constructed and rendered.

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Understanding Multi-tenancy, the Keystone of SaaS

CloudGeometry

2020 left no doubt: the growth of cloud computing is firmly grounded in the SaaS business model. The Fundamental Goal of SaaS Tenant Isolation Selling the same software to different users relies on using cloud-based resources that can be leveraged across different customers. Let’s take a closer look.

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6 reasons to be bullish on SaaS

The Angel VC

Yesterday I argued that SaaS founders and investors shouldn’t worry about short-term movements of SaaS stocks and said that there are a lot of reasons to be bullish about the Cloud. According to a survey by technology evaluation business Software Advice , 88% of buyers with a deployment preference preferred on-premise solutions in 2008.

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