Software as a Service (SaaS) Myths

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Why you should consider purchasing software as a service (SaaS) for environmental compliance

Software as a Service (SaaS) has received a lot of press and buzz in the past few years.  Of course we love it, as <a title="Enviance homepage" href="http://www.enviance.com/" target="_blank">Enviance</a> offers software as a service for companies wanting to track their <a href="http://www.enviance.com/solution/Overview.htm">environmental compliance</a> endeavors.  Business Week's Jeffrey Kaplan wrote a great article on the top <a title="Business Week SaaS Myths" href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/apr2006/tc20060417_996365.htm" target="_blank">8 myths surrounding Software as a Service (SaaS)</a> and why you should consider purchasing this new breed of Web-based software.   As you read the myths below, keep in mind that the Enviance SaaS System has been deployed at <a title="Enviance customer page" href="http://www.enviance.com/customers/customers_main.htm" target="_blank">750 facilities</a> in over 55 companies for environmental compliance solutions.  Our customers, representing companies from DuPont, Chevron, Valero Refining (California), Southern Company, Aliant, all gave great demonstrations at Enviance’s annual user group meeting, “<a title="Envision homepage" href="http://www.enviance.com/usersconference/Conf2006_GeneralInfo.htm" target="_blank">Envision</a>”.  Email me for copies of these presentations – they were really amazing. <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/apr2006/tc20060417_996365.htm">Top 8 Software as a Service (SaaS) Myths</a> <blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> Myth #1:  SaaS is still relatively new and untested.Myth #2:  SaaS is just another version of the failed application service   provider, or ASP, and hosting models of the past, and will suffer the same fate as its predecessors.Myth #3:  SaaS only relieves companies of the up-front costs of traditional software licenses.Myth #4:  SaaS is only for small- and midsize businesses and will not be accepted by large-scale organizations.Myth #5:  SaaS only applies to applications such as customer relationship management and salesforce automation.Myth #6:  SaaS will only have a minor impact on the software industry and will fade over time.Myth #7:  It will be easy for the established software vendors to offer SaaS and dominate this market.Myth #8:  SaaS is only for corporate users.</blockquote>by Erin Swanson <a href="mailto:ESwanson@enviance.com">ESwanson@enviance.com</a> 9 application/xml false environmental compliance SaaS software as a service Software as a Service (SaaS) Myths A consultant explains why this new breed of Web-based software has staying power http://www.businessweek.com/print/technology/content/apr2006/tc20060417_996365.htm Enviance User Group Meeting Pages Read about Envision - Enviance User Group Meeting held in April http://www.enviance.com/usersconference/Conf2006_GeneralInfo.htm Enviance home page Enviance - Software as a Service provider for environmental compliance http://www.enviance.com/ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 eswanson false true false false true 205814 false false true false false false true 107527 blog blogsite/Enviance/web