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September 24, 2008
Openwave Launches New SaaS Delivery Model for Internet Services
By Anamika Singh, TMCnet Contributor
Openwave Systems (News - Alert), a software provider for revenue-generating personalized services to converge the mobile and broadband experience, is now using the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) delivery model to deploy converged messaging and mobile Internet services.
The SaaS delivery model allows operators to license some of the Openwave software products and services. Openwave hosts the products and services, with no need for the operators to install and maintain the applications on their networks, thus reducing deployment costs.
Also, the SaaS model lowers the time required for carriers to be running on these applications, so carriers can reduce the time to introduce new subscriber offerings and services in weeks instead of months.
“Carriers are under tremendous pressure to reduce the risks of deploying new applications and services in-network, and at the same time reduce operating expenses including dedicated staff to manage new products and services,” said Susan Davies, senior vice president of products and worldwide support at Openwave, in a statement.
Davies continued: “Applications and services delivered through Openwave’s SaaS offering help carriers mitigate the risks associated with deploying and maintaining large scale application systems such as email and service enablers while providing carriers with guaranteed service availability, predictable costs, and the option of testing an offering prior to fully deploying it into their network.”
Openwave’s SaaS is offered as a dedicated or shared offering for carriers of various sizes. Smaller carriers benefit without taking on the responsibility of running the operations through their network while giving high service availability to users.
The Openwave SaaS model also has benefits like predictable cost structure, reduction in time-to-market for new services, 24/7 maintenance, technical expertise for installation and maintenance, scalability and high security.
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Anamika Singh is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anamika's articles, please visit her columnist page.
Edited by Mae Kowalke
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