User:Mohamed Elzalabany

KOHACAT
KOHACAT is a collaborative cloud SaaS of Integrated Library System environment based on 'KOHA'. It is a designed to enable school library to participate as members to use the full features of KOHA ILS saving the libraries the cost and effort of having the Library system installed, hosted, or maintained on site.

KOHACAT is designed to be a Union catalog, that contains more than 60K bibliographic records of already cataloged Arabic and English resources (books-E-resources-videos-etc.) that can be used for copy cataloging which can tremendously save the libraries time, resources, effort, and cost.

KOHACAT Features
• No software installed on desktops, and no servers required in the libraries. • Completely web-based and built on MySQL-all data is readily accessible to all users via a Web browser. • Staying up-to-date. • you have full control on your system. • Improve accessibility of your valuable information to the users, access anywhere - any time – any device. • No in-house hardware requirements (all you need is browser). • Costs are known and predictable. • Support MARC 21 for bibliographic records and Authority records. • Support Arabic language manipulation in the searching and sorting. • The most modules the you will need in the libraries operations. • Interactive system can deal with the users and support the social media.

Software as a Service (SaaS)
software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted.It is sometimes referred to as "on-demand software". SaaS is typically accessed by users using a thin client via a web browser. SaaS has become a common delivery model for many business applications, including office and messaging software, payroll processing software, DBMS software, management software, CAD software, development software.

The cloud (or SaaS) model has no physical need for indirect distribution because it is not distributed physically and is deployed almost instantaneously. The first wave of SaaS companies built their own economic model without including partner remuneration in their pricing structure (except when there were certain existing affiliations). It has not been easy for traditional software publishers to enter into the SaaS model, because the SaaS model does not provide them with the same income structure, and continuing to work with a distribution network was decreasing their profit margins and was damaging to the competitiveness of their product pricing.

www.kohacat.com