So you wanna go on prem (2016)

If you run a successful SaaS platform, at some point someone is going to come to you with the question: can I run it myself? If you’re considering offering a private version of your SaaS, this post might be for you. At this point, I’ve worked for a few companies that are SaaS vendors. In most cases, we’ve also done some sort of private install. Drivers for private installs There are a lot of reasons people want private installs. Depending on the nature of your product, some of them are even legitimate. If your product is in the dependency chain of your customer’s release management If your product is security in nature If your product is a core dependency for normal operation of a product If your product is metered based on storage or transit OR if your product has high storage or transit requirements If your product has stability issues due to multi-tenancy Customer requirements around tenancy Customer requirements around visibility of data Varying degrees of industry requi ... Read full article.