But then, What stops SaaS providers from Hosting in their own environment?
With Modern day Containerization technologies and orchestration layers, I believe it is not as difficult as it used to be - to be infra agnostic. A lot of large Enterprises are now - investing in their private cloud (AWS, Azure etc.)
IMHO, it is much beyond the Hosting part (which is mostly applicable during the installation stages).
There are questions about,
- Accountability in case of failures.
- Continuous Support and Customizations
- Is there a Dedicated Support team etc.
- more ...
But then, What stops SaaS providers from Hosting in their own environment?
With Modern day Containerization technologies and orchestration layers, I believe it is not as difficult as it used to be - to be infra agnostic. A lot of large Enterprises are now - investing in their private cloud (AWS, Azure etc.)
IMHO, it is much beyond the Hosting part (which is mostly applicable during the installation stages).
There are questions about, - Accountability in case of failures. - Continuous Support and Customizations - Is there a Dedicated Support team etc. - more ...