Why Platform as a service?

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Why Platform as a service?

Hi Everyone,

I am currently in the early stages of my project which is an ERP application that I plan to sell to enterprise clients. I heard about the Force.com platform but I'm confused on what benefits will I gain if I use it and not develop my own. Can you please explain why should I use Force.com or any PaaS?

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I think it has a simple answer. Building and operating such a platform is not an easy and trivial task in both business and technical perspective.

Of course, you may choose to develop your own platform but i think it would take a long time with much more money and efforts. I know it because I have been working for a company which is developing such a platform ( Viravis ).

orka 2010-08-27 13:49:13

Thanks @orka, but i'm still concerned about having this dependency on the PaaS. What if the service goes down, so does my business right?

drikoda 2010-08-30 07:58:57

Yes, you are right @drikoda but I think that there will be always an option (data exporting, going the way of open source, free on-premise installation, giving source code etc) for service down which is provided by the provider to allow you to continue your business without any problem.

orka 2010-08-31 15:18:24

I think I found the answer to this question in this post

drikoda 2010-09-01 12:19:46

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