We work with a number of strategic partners to deliver our SaaS Programme, including IBM and SUN, and are one of the founding members of the Microsoft SaaS Incubation Center Program.
NTT Europe Online SaaS Alliance with Microsoft
On November 20th, Microsoft announced its alliance with NTT Europe Online in Europe to provide a SaaS Incubation Center Programme. This alliance further demonstrates how NTT Europe Online can bring real value to ISVs such as: the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting for Applications platform, a robust, scalable infrastructure that equips ISVs with the tools and guidance to design service-enabled software applications and the ability to facilitate user provisioning, performance monitoring, usage tracking and reporting.
“As an established SaaS hosting and enablement provider, NTT Europe Online understands that ISVs developing their applications as a service face commercial, financial and technical challenges," said Robert Steggles, Marketing Director Europe for NTT Europe Online. "Our alliance with the Microsoft SaaS Incubation Center Program enables us to address these challenges and help the ISV develop an end-to-end solution that is secure, reliable and scalable, with minimal upfront risk and investment."
NTT Europe Online SaaS Enablement Programme for all ISVs
Lee McCready, Business Development Manager at NTT Europe Online, explains how NTT Europe Online's SaaS hosting and SaaS enablement programme can help ISVs that are developing SaaS applications whether with Microsoft or on any other platform.
“ISVs looking to develop annuity based revenues by moving from a perpetual licence based model have many changes to make apart from just developing and introducing the software. The shape of their revenue changes, the capital expenditure for hosting the service increases and security requirements become a concern. NTT Europe Online addresses these concerns with its SaaS Hosting and SaaS Enablement programme, offering different pricing models to remove that financial barrier to entry and helping software companies develop and maintain a proposition in this growing market.”
“Our SaaS Hosting and SaaS Enablement programme covers commercial and marketing development as well as technical assistance. In particular, our pricing models are designed to match the way revenues grow in these businesses and are very attractive to ISVs looking for assistance in developing an outsourced managed hosting model.”
“There is definitely some confusion in the market place about the distinction between ASP and SaaS, but the infrastructure required to support SaaS is very clear. Our relationships with Microsoft, IBM, SUN and others ensure that we have the latest and best advice from those players as well as key technologies already in place.”
“Though SaaS may not turn into the exclusive model for delivering software just yet, it’s clear that the advantages of delivering software in this way, such as reduced cost of deployment, ease of maintenance and user take-up, mean that its popularity is set to grow and grow.”
More detail about NTT Europe Online's SaaS Enablement Programme.