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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. Cost to serve a customer-facing feature is money that comes out of your pocket, and goes straight into the cloud provider’s pocket. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals. It‘s almost always a function of time. More on that below.

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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. The difference between the top 20% of technology organizations is not in (laudable) resilience in the face of downtime.

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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. 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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Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

CloudGeometry

When you treat your cloud provider as a fractional colo. 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.

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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.