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Software as a service (SaaS), or "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.

Software as a service (SaaS), sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally (typically in the (Internet) cloud) and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.

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Are there any ASP.NET MVC subscription-based starter kits or examples?

Basically something that handles the low-level "plumbing" code for a subscription-based service. I see a lot of things dealing with basic membership, but nothing that handles the subscription aspect (recurring billing, automated jobs for setting up…
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Database Design - Multiple Lookup/Enum Tables or One Large Table?

I have many tables that use Lookup/Enum references for most of their column values. For example: Person Table - PersonID | RaceCode | HairColorCode | HairStyleCode | TeethConditionCode Location Table - LocationID | SizeCode | ExteriorColorCode |…
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How to serve custom domains pointing to a subdomain in Saas App

I want to create an example SaaS app, whereby users are able to signup, create web pages, use templates and/or customize them with custom css, serve their web pages off custom domains. I was considering saving the templates on S3/other CDNs, along…
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SaaS Architecture Question from Newbie

I have developed a number of departmental client-server applications, and am now ready to begin working on moving one of these applications to a SaaS model. I have done some basic web development, but I'm a newbie when it comes to SaaS…
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apache solr as a service hosting

are you aware of the best companies which provide apache solr AS A SERVICE? where i can simply upload (or edit via some web control panel) my index and config files for SOLR and simply start using it i do not want to be breaking my head with any…
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How to offer custom sub-domains for SAAS Application

How do i offer Basecamp/SAAS App like sub domains to clients? For example, my website URL is http://www.example.com whenever the user signup i want to offer them url like http://company.example.com which should load files/contents from /app…
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Right approach to building SAAS in Laravel 4

Ok, so about a year ago I wrote a web app that helps organize appointments for my dads company. He now "couldn't do business without it". I have decided that I want to build a SAAS subscription model out of it and open it up to the public. It's…
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SaaS app with angularjs and nodejs, how do i organize different clients?

I’m trying to decide what to do I this scenario: I want to create a product that I want to sell in a SaaS business model, I already have the backend more or less thought out and some code in place in nodejs. It handles oAuth, sessions, and controls…
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What are the best practices in building multi-tenancy applications?

What are the best practices in building applications that support multiple tenants such as Software as a Service? Links to white papers that expand on this topic are greatly appreciated.
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Choosing between Google Cloud Flexible or Standard Environment

I'm starting to build a web/mobile app that is going to be offered as SaaS. I have seen many cloud options for hosting (Heroku, AWS) but finally decided to go with Google Cloud App Engine. My back-end will be Java based, and I'm confused about going…
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How to give cname forward support to saas software

I have a webapp where users can create their account and use the service. Now I want to give them a custom domain facility where app.customer1web.com points_to myservice.com with userid customer1 once he sets up the custom domain, for the…
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SaaS application needs to export/backup data to individual customer sites

We have a cloud based SaaS application and many of our customers (school systems) require that a backup of their data be stored on-site for them. All of our application data is stored in a single MS SQL database. At the very top of the "hierarchy"…
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Allow customers to send from their own domain in a SAAS application

I'm currently running a SAAS application and mails are being sent from our application using Mailjet. Some of the larger customers have been asking to allow the emails to be sent from their domain (e.g. info@largehotel.com) instead of our system…
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SaaS Application start from scratch

In terms of expansion of my knowledge, I would like to try to make an SaaS application. I dont really care of app funcionality, but I would like to learn about technology behind it. So my question is, would be someone so kind and show me where to…
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Architecture for RoR SaaS application

I have done a decent amount of base RoR work, but haven't really faced much concerning scaling and running multiple applications. I am in the process of building an application for a client that I hope to market to other users in similar industries,…
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