Accelerance Vision SaaS

Contact:
Frances Mann-Craik
Mann-Craik & Associates
408-868-9577

Accelerance Vision SaaS - Fast Path to Software as a Service (SaaS)

with OpSource Partnership and Key Outsourced Developers

Redwood City, CA, March 21, 2005 – Accelerance™, the expert outsourcing consultancy, today announced its Software as a Service (SaaS) outsourced development program - Vision SaaS. Vision SaaS provides software vendors with development support to quickly migrate from an enterprise software model to an Internet-hosted, on-demand SaaS model. Accelerance also announced its partnership with OpSource, a leading enabler of SaaS. OpSource provides software vendors with end-to-end, turnkey services, such as infrastructure, application management and end-user support, priced on-demand.

There is growing market demand for economical and efficient SaaS applications, such as Salesforce.com, however realizing the benefits of the SaaS model requires fundamental changes to an enterprise software vendor’s product architecture and product delivery system. Accelerance’s Vision SaaS utilizes a group of experienced outsourced developers to provide installation and load testing to determine the optimal set-up for a SaaS multi-instance configuration. The Accelerance team can also transform software from multi-instance to multi-tenant or from client/server to multi-instance or multi-tenant applications.

“Using Accelerance’s experienced outsourced development teams provides software vendors a means to quickly migrate to the SaaS delivery model without disrupting their current flow of new features and enhancements,” explained Steve Mezak, founder and CEO, Accelerance.

The Vision SaaS service includes five options:

• Multi-Instance Qualification - determines how many copies of a software program can run on a single server;
• Multi-Instance Conversion - modifies software to optimize multi-instance deployment;
• Multi-Tenant Conversion - adds the required features and functions to enable multiple customers to use a single instance of the software as a service;
• Proprietary Database Conversion - replaces expensive, commercial database software with an Open Source or low cost database in order to drive down costs and make delivery of software as a service practical and profitable;
• Web Services Integration - implements a web services interface to enable integration with other applications and services used by customers.

Delivering Software as a Service also requires software companies to become proficient in a new set of operational disciplines to maintain customer satisfaction: 24x7 systems management and call centers, application management, hosting and networking, security, disaster recovery, change management, and more. OpSource provides a complete suite of scalable infrastructure services to deliver Internet-hosted software services to customers, privately labeled with the software vendor’s name and brand. As OpSource already has the required people, processes and tools in place to support SaaS, and prices its services per unit, on-demand, software vendors can quickly bring their SaaS solutions to market without the significant investment risk required to build the infrastructure from scratch.

"Time is of the essence, and the early SaaS vendors will have first mover advantage,” concluded Mezak and Treb Ryan, CEO of OpSource. “Our partnership provides software vendors with a fast path to evolve their application to a web-enabled, multi-instance model and deliver it to their customers in a quick and painless manner.”

About Accelerance
Accelerance is an expert outsourcing services firm working with small-to-medium sized businesses that are grappling with the issues of outsourcing software development. Accelerance provides its clients with the information and services they need to begin outsourcing quickly and with risk-free results. Accelerance’s Vision services include: Vision Decision - assessment of the in-house versus outsourced development decision; Vision Resources - independent, global resource selection with 17 teams in 14 countries, employing over a thousand engineers; Vision Success - expert project execution; Vision SaaS - a suite of SaaS enablement services that help software vendors qualify and prepare their applications for delivery on-demand; and Vision Perfect - quality assurance testing. Accelerance, located in Redwood City, California (the heart of the Silicon Valley), was founded in 2001 by Steve Mezak, outsourcing expert, author and speaker and a veteran of numerous software development companies and projects both onshore and offshore. For more information, visit: www.accelerance.com.

About OpSource
OpSource, a leader in enabling Software as a Service (SaaS), provides cost-effective, turnkey solutions for software companies that need to quickly add or grow SaaS products and revenue. Optimal On-Demand(sm), a comprehensive and scalable offering built on the company’s patent-pending OptiTech Services Engine(sm), meets the growing need for software companies to deliver SaaS quickly, without the inherent risk and investment in a costly services infrastructure. Optimal On-Demand includes application management, end-user support, 24x7 systems management, hosting and networking, security, disaster recovery, change management, and more, as well as optional consulting services to help software companies work through the business model, code, and operational issues associated with SaaS. Optimal On-Demand is provided under the software company’s brand and priced per unit, on-demand, delivering immediate and ongoing ROI.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, OpSource has additional operations in the Los Angeles, New York City, Denver, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. metro areas, as well as international offices in London and Bangalore. For more information about OpSource, visit the company’s web site at opsource.net.

OpSource and the OpSource logo are trademarks of OpSource, Inc. Optimal On-Demand and OptiTech Services Engine are service marks of OpSource, Inc. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are protected by their respective owners.