In the field of product architecture of enterprise software, why reduce local deployment and use SaaS mode more and more?

in short, SaaS is a mode of providing software through the network. Thanks to the maturity of IT infrastructure and the popularity of mobile Internet. Many Internet companies have found that SaaS model significantly reduces the use and maintenance costs of software, making it closer to customers, especially the vast number of SME customers. It is mentioned in the "Report on in-depth research and prospect of SaaS market in China from 214 to 218" that with the rise of mobile Internet, the enterprise-level software market in China is taking shape. In the next few years, the SaaS market in China will maintain a compound annual growth rate of more than 3%, and Internet companies will become a new force in SaaS promotion.

Compared with localization deployment, the advantages of adopting SaaS service mode for software products from an enterprise are as follows:

1. Enterprises can reduce initial cost and long-term cost, and users can purchase genuine software at lower cost.

2. Cloud-based application development reduces the difficulty for enterprises to maintain and upgrade products, and users do not need to worry about the impact of system maintenance. Enterprise software products are easy to deploy, and users can use new software at any time.

3. SaaS service is to host software on the cloud, which can be accessed through any intelligent terminal and used by users anytime and anywhere.

4. relying on powerful cloud services, SaaS mode can provide better security performance than local data centers and protect customers' data security.

5. Service providers can provide a fast and flexible disaster recovery management solution for users' data in multiple data centers, and easily deal with emergencies.

6. User experience is paramount. The software application is simple, so buy it immediately after trial. Without learning, enterprise organizations can save the cost of manual training.

In addition, more and more enterprises require to change from process-centric to data-centric, and from time delay analysis to real-time analysis; Data-driven, visual analysis and multi-dimensional data unified management are required; It is required to use cloud computing to reduce the operating costs of enterprises, optimize the allocation of resources, and synchronize and uniformly allocate information in the cloud; Get industry-level software services, or even tailor-made software services for enterprises, and enjoy the convenience brought by the cloud era. This kind of SaaS products are common in the market. Take the architectural decoration industry as an example, there are UFIDA Building, 1m Building and Guanglianda.