For software companies, in an age of regular technological disruption, growing fast has become essential to survival. It is important for SaaS and online-services companies not only to zero in on their main priorities but also to be prepared to re-evaluate products and processes as they grow.
Software is differentiated from hardware as the set of rules that allow services to be conducted on the physical device. The SW industry is really only a small part of the overall computer programming activity that takes place, as it relates to software traded between producers and consumers.
Since the software industry’s beginning in the 1950s, it has gone through a number of revolutionary changes, from simple punch-card programming services offered to those few companies that had computers in the 1950s to revolutionary trends such as sw as a service (SaaS), device programming for the Internet of Things (IoT) and open-source alternatives acceptance by major companies.
With the advent of the Internet and cloud computing, the computer SW industry has radically changed how companies interact with, develop and use software.
Software was once a product that was purchased, installed and maintained. More and more companies are using software in a subscription model where all the development, maintenance and upkeep of the program is done by the original creator.
