Cloud Computing - Implementation Process for SaaS - How Different from On-Premise?

A week ago we looked at how the selection process needs to be tweaked to choose a cloud SaaS (Software as a Service) solution, compared to traditional on-premise software.

Here is a quick summary of a typical on-premise implementation process ...

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Cloud Computing - Selection Process for SaaS - How Different from On-Premise?

Much has been written about the pros and cons of cloud SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) compared to traditional “on-premise” computing. SaaS covers the likes of accounting, customer relationship management (CRM), Facebook and a multitude of other business and consumer applications.

Here’s our own summary of the benefits and risks of SaaS. This is for anyone who wants to understand whether SaaS is something they should be using in their business; or for anyone selling SaaS who wants to understand potential customers' anxieties

But relatively little has been written about how the process for selection of business software has changed with the availability of SAAS. How much has the process changed? [...read more...]

Cloud Computing - On The Rocks?

Having just found a place in the UK which has neither broadband nor cable nor 3G connections to the internet, it set me thinking about the issues around reliance on fast data telecomms...

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Cloud Computing - MiFi as Internet Access Contingency Option

Last week we looked at "Cloud Computing – Internet Access is Everything". As IT Consultant Andy Scott has said “Loss of Internet = loss of information systems. PERIOD.” Not a comfortable or useful position to be in if your business is reliant on email and the internet to function, especially using cloud applications.

You will have reviewed each cloud provider, before using them, for their backup, recovery and contingency plans. You realise you have to take the internet as it is, and so far so good. But what can you do at your end?

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