Thank you for visiting the Cloud SaaS blog. Here we will be covering the latest developments in the cloud computing and Software as a Service (Saas) world. There's a lot of hype surrounding these topics, and most either talk them up to the stratosphere, or critically slam them into the ground. The goal of Cloud SaaS is to pass you the information you need to keep up to date with developments in the industry. Today we're going to leave you with a brief read between the lines guide to reading the coverage of cloud computing and SaaS articles.
The detractors of cloud computing point to a lack of security as a deal breaker. While their concerns are true, the sky is falling mentality expressed by a number of people is overblown. We aren't saying to completely ignore these people, because a healthy dose of paranoia online is good. Cloud computing systems, like any other system connected to a network, are only as secure as the systems implemented and the methods of implementation by the user/administrator. In addition to the normal security concerns cloud computing has elevated levels of risk from your reliance on the provider to limit physical access to your systems. There are a number of encryption systems available though that can help prevent problems though.
Flipping the coin, the pro cloud community praises cloud computing as the end all be all of IT. Deploying SaaS in the cloud can help reduce costs, but it won't allow you to fire your IT staff either. Just because your applications are deployed in the cloud, doesn't mean that there isn't still monitoring, maintenance and updates to do.
Deploying SaaS and cloud computing boils down to rational expectations and proper planning to deploy successful solutions.
