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The SaaS Balancing Act: Always Be Modernizing

CloudGeometry

Hint: All the public cloud companies are doubling down on full-stack SaaS, betting that it’s the best way to get more companies growing via the cloud. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals. So, what do you have to do to be the winning choice?

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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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Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

CloudGeometry

When you treat your cloud provider as a fractional colo. Bottom-up cost transparency is a key feature of any public cloud platform. Leverage in SaaS architecture, like financing leverage from the capital markets, only works when you have a plan to keep the learned improvements delivering value. DevOps transformation! Containers!

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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. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.