Software as a Service in an upcoming and ever so popular choice for many company’s when considering the purchase of a new ERP Software Solution. With it’s unlimited benefits and features this attractive deal is being considered amongst the smallest and largest company’s throughout the business world.

Software as a Service is most beneficial to smaller companies with little or no staffing budgets from their own IT departments and development teams.



Benefits of SAAS Software as a Service

• No Maintenance

• No Updating

• No Downtime

• No Internal IT Department

• No Database Management

• No Installations

The vendor you select to be your ERP Provider brings everything you need with them to the table. You are literally out sourcing your entire IT Staff and eliminating all IT staff. This is beneficial for company’s seeing IT Managers and networking managers can be very costly. In some cases you might be able to afford a new ERP Software Suite by simply eliminating their salaries.

After selecting your vendor you sign contracts on time line determining how long you will be using this specific vendor ERP Vendor. This can be for 5 years, 10 years I guess it depends on how active the company is with developing new functionality and the customer service experience you had as a customer.

What should you take into consideration regarding SAAS, Software as a Service?

Hardware – You should always ensure the hardware you will be getting can handle your company’s needs. You don’t want customers having issue when traffic picks up or you get a high server load.
Dedicated of Shared – Ensure you ask about the server specs. Will you be sharing a server or will you have your own dedicated server.
Internet Connectivity – Will the internet be able to handle your customers and self needs. Does the company have a 5mb line of a few T1 lines?
Accessibility – Do you have easy access to your data and company information? Can you access from any location at any time using many methods of technology such as a black berry and iphone?

Do your research and make sure you select the right vendor for your needs. There’s nothing worse then getting stuck in a 5 year contract that’s not beneficial toy our company’s needs.

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