| | January 20198CIOReviews cloud adoption and hosted services proliferate more than ever before, enterprise Software-as-a-Service (e-SaaS) is gaining momentum. Cisco's Global Cloud Index for the period 2013-2018 highlighted that 59% of all cloud workflows would be delivered as software-as-a-service by the end of 2018. Gartner predicts SaaS revenues to reach $85 billion in 2019, and by 2021, SaaS will account for 45% of all application software. Platform providers are simplifying the job of creating new applications by streamlining SaaS application prototyping, testing and rollout. e-SaaS has become the truly refined, purpose-built and prebaked form of SaaS that enterprises consume directly in a frictionless manner. Why business users love e-SaaS!Let's look at why e-SaaS is gaining such widespread popularity amongst business users. Contrary to traditional SaaS platforms, e-SaaS comes with prebaked functions and processes embedded with digital capabilities allowing deployments with easier and lesser customization, thereby making it a cost-efficient option. Its streamlined interfaces are easily configurable, encouraging a "plug n play" or "wrap and adapt" approach for back office systems. At the same time, they are user friendly too. Based on natural language processing, e-SaaS applications enable intelligent, secure and natural voice- and touch-based smart interactions for end users. Business buyers love e-SaaS due to its ease of use, quick deployment, lower capital risk and rapid go-to-market advantage. e-SaaS offers infrastructure and development environments on demand. That is a huge plus for enterprises that prefer managing their mission-critical business processes in an on-demand environment, and such an experimentation bed to try out new products makes e-SaaS applications all the more desirable. This consumption-driven model with a lower risk of adoption allows enterprises to enjoy increased productivity and lower software ownership costs. The easily AIN MY OPINIONBy Dhiman Ray, Vice President, Happiest Minds Technologies ENTERPRISE SAAS: THE TRUE CATALYST FOR ENTERPRISE DIGITAL ADOPTIONSaaS revenues to reach $85 billionin 2019SaaS will account for 45% of all application software by 2021of all cloud workflows to be delivered as software-as-a-service59 %Dhiman is Vice President and Global Head for Digital Business Platforms and Solutions at Happiest Minds. He focuses on building next generation Digital Platforms powered by IP solutions, leveraging a nexus of Digital Technologies - Artificial Intelligence (especially Behavioral AI), Cloud Computing, Microservices, Intelligent Process Automation (IPA), Blockchain, etc.
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