Feb 07
2010
Evaluating SaaS / Cloud for Government #5Q&A: Is SaaS application high performance?
Continuing 7 Question & Answer Blog Series: When evaluating SaaS and cloud computing for your government agency …
#5. Is this web-based software, SaaS application high performance?
SaaS vendors must deliver consistent, high-speed system performance with detailed historical statistics to back up any performance claims. When you evaluate a SaaS solution look for performance data that demonstrates:
- Average transaction processing speed
- Average number of transactions supported
- Web page delivery times
- Average query response times
Once you have that data, compare it to the other solutions you are evaluating whether they are hosted or web based.
BasicGov web-based / SaaS modules are developed and hosted on Salesforce.com cloud platform Force.com which has real-time transparent system status. For more information about Force.com go to http://www.salesforce.com/platform/cloud-infrastructure/transparency.jsp
Click to read Intro Blog and list of 7 questions.
Click to read #1Q&A: Is my web-based software / SaaS data secure?
Click to read #2Q&A: Can I track SaaS performance?
Click to read: #3Q&A: Is the web-based software / SaaS truly multitenant
