I am sure many of you have heard of the phrase “software as a service”.
A few weeks ago I drafted the requirements and specifications to have Nicecoder start offering IndexU as a service. At this time it’s just in the beginning stages, but the outcome looks promising.
What it entails is that a user will be able to go to a web page, sign up for either the full version or the free version of IndexU, enter some details, and start running IndexU without having to do anything of the tedious work such as installing, setting permissions or having to worry about hosting.
The free version will be supported by advertising on each and every page and will use a subdomain.
If you choose to move from the free version to the paid version, you can take your template with you so you don’t lose any changes you have made.
The paid version will not require a license to be purchased, it will only require a single monthly fee and can use a subdomain or your own domain. No pricing has been determind at this point.
To begin with, we will be offering the free version so we can use that to test everything. Once I am satisfied that platform is working properly then we will add the full version.
The free hosted version script may even be offered for sale! That is something I have considered but have not discussed with anyone else yet (mostly because we don’t have a product yet and I want to see the results).
So keep watching for IndexU as a service, I’m quite excited about it.
