Evolution of Software Delivery Models

PhysicianWare: Service Delivery Platform

Traditional Software Delivery Model

• Initial Model “Shrink Wrap Delivery”• Enabled by the invention of Floppy Disks

Software as a Service Delivery Model

• First Evolution: “Web Services” or “Web Solutions”• Enabled by the invention of the Internet• Conceived in 1999 and Realized in 2000

Software as a Service Evolution• Next Evolution: “Software Services” or “Service Delivery Platforms”• Enabled by reductions in infrastructure costs & advances in web based technology• Conceived in 2006 and Realized in 2008