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

CloudGeometry

It turns out that software delivery velocity has been proven to correlate with greater business success. Whatever you call software-enabled, cloud-based competitive advantage, understanding the business impact of “digital transformation” is the focus of the massive 8-year study conducted by the DevOps Research Institute.

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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.

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Zeroing in on Cloud Technical Risk for Targeted Customer Impact

The best proof of the power of cloud tools and business models? Yet keeping all the moving parts of cloud running right – especially in a fast-moving, competitive market – can cause conflict between technical and business objectives. Keeping your customers confident and loyal.