Where does your software company fit?
The Software Industry is multi-faceted and comprised of companies that develop productized software applications for targeted customers.
Select the appropriate tab to understand more about your software business model and solutions to common challenges.
Pure SaaS Provider
Your company’s origins are purely as a SaaS provider with no prior on-premise legacy business. Your company may also have successfully transitioned to a pure SaaS model and eliminated any legacy on-premise or packaged software delivery support.
The Challenge
Your business places complete reliance on the performance and availability of its applications running on the Internet. You need solutions that won’t fail your application and its delivery to end users. Your business also needs solutions that won’t drain your valuable capital.
Best Fit Technologies
Internap Performance IP™ service coupled with our Managed Hosting and Private Cloud solutions give you the performance and availability your customers demand and allow you to preserve your business capital. In addition, Internap’s footprint of data centers give your business the ability to reach users worldwide.
Specific Challenges for Pure SaaS Providers
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Challenge |
How Internap Can Help |
Our Solution Components |
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High SaaS application availability and performance are critical to maintain customer satisfaction and to avoid churn |
We improve your end user experience. |
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Minimize capex and headcount resources associated with deployment and management of SaaS infrastructure |
We provide a tailored, managed solution that eliminates the up-front costs associated with infrastructure deployment and management. |
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Our SaaS customers are geographically-dispersed – the application must perform well and reliably wherever the user is located |
We provide a tailored solution to guarantee 100% network availability and optimize application delivery through a worldwide data center footprint. |
Performance IP Service |
SaaS Transitioner
Your company is actively evolving to a SaaS model from a legacy on-premise or packaged software business model. Your business hasn’t made the full transition to a pure-SaaS provider or plans are for the business to maintain some level of its on-premise or packaged delivery models.
The Challenge
Your business has two distinct challenges. The first challenge is to develop and successfully deploy a feature-rich SaaS application that meets customer requirements for flexibility, performance and availability. The second challenge is that your business has to support your existing on-premise or packaged software delivery model at the same time.
Best Fit Technologies
Internap Performance IP™ service coupled with our Managed Hosting and Private Cloud solutions give your SaaS application the performance and availability your customers demand. Internap’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) allow you to deliver and monitor your “packaged” software applications, upgrades and patches efficiently worldwide.
Specific Challenges for SaaS Transitioners
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Challenge |
How Internap Can Help |
Our Solution Components |
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High SaaS application availability and performance are critical to maintain customer satisfaction and to avoid churn |
We improve your end user experience. |
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Minimize capex and headcount resources associated with deployment and management of SaaS infrastructure |
We provide a tailored, managed solution that eliminates the up-front costs associated with infrastructure deployment and management. |
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Our SaaS customers are geographically dispersed – the application must perform well and reliably wherever the user is located |
We provide a tailored solution to guarantee 100% network availability and optimize application delivery through a worldwide data center footprint. |
Performance IP Service |
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Convince legacy on-premise customers to transition to a SaaS application |
Internap is ready to participate in communications and co-marketing activities to assist SaaS providers in convincing customers to transition. |
Joint Case Study |
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Need to support file upgrade, patch and fix deliveries across the Internet |
Internap has technologies to accelerate your file content to a geographically-dispersed audience. We provide monitoring and analytics to keep you up-to-date on download activity. |
On-Premise or Packaged Software Provider
Your company chooses to maintain its on-premise software business model. Your business isn’t pursuing a SaaS offering at this time.
The Challenge
Your business needs to be able to delivery “packaged” software applications, upgrades and patches across the Internet to a regional or worldwide user base. This includes being able to monitor and analyze download activity. In addition, your company may be growing and need additional data center capacity without the costly build-out associated with construction of a new facility.
Best Fit Technologies
Internap’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) allow you to deliver and monitor your “packaged” software applications, upgrades and patches efficiently worldwide. In addition, our footprint of colocation sites gives your company options in how it tackles data center growth without the capital expenses involved in building and owning a facility.
Specific Challenges for On-Premise or Packaged Software Providers
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Challenge |
How Internap Can Help |
Our Solution Components |
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We need reliable delivery of “packaged” software, upgrades and updates online to a global audience |
We can devise a solution to guarantee 100% network availability and optimize content delivery worldwide through the use of innovative content acceleration technologies. |
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We need to address growing data center requirements without capex burden |
We provide colocation services at locations across the world. Your company can easily expand its footprint without the costly capital investment that building a data center incurs. In addition, our Performance IP service ensures that your network traffic is routed over the most optimal path across the Internet at any time. |
Overall Challenges for the Software Industry
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Challenge |
How Internap Can Help |
Our Solution Components |
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Improve operational efficiency and performance |
We have the economies of scale and expertise to cost-effectively manage the day-to-day operations of your technology and network infrastructure. You can focus on activities of greater value to your company. |
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Reduce costs |
Internap services eliminate the need for capital expenditures typically associated with data center and infrastructure buildouts. In addition, we have the economies of scale to cost-effectively manage your technology and network infrastructure thereby reducing your operational costs. |
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Need stronger alignment of strategic business objectives and IT and Line of Business leadership |
We design innovative solutions that allow your organization to focus on achieving both IT and Line of Business objectives for performance and availability of your technology and network infrastructure. |
Managed Hosting |
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IT needs to be perceived as a strategic partner in contributing to revenue growth, not just be perceived as a cost center |
We can manage your IT infrastructure so that your limited technology resources and technical staff can focus on the company’s most important initiatives. |
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Software teams are working in multiple geographies and need a more effective way of reliably sharing files across the globe |
We can devise a solution to guarantee 100% network availability and optimize content delivery worldwide through innovative content acceleration technologies. |
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Support delivery of file upgrades, patches and software fixes across the Internet while monitoring activity across the globe
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Internap can accelerate your file content to a geographically dispersed audience. We provide monitoring and analytics to keep you up-to-date on download activity. |
