Road To KiwiEngine #5: The Future of SaaS Might Be Operational Ownership

Cloud and SaaS solved deployment and maintenance, but also made businesses more dependent on third-party operational layers.

The author says companies now want more control over infrastructure, workflows, data, and migration paths.

The next wave of software is likely to prioritize portability, flexibility, and less vendor lock-in.

That shift could reshape how SaaS and platform products are designed, especially around operational ownership.