While “Cloud Computing” may be the hot, new buzz word on the scene, the promise of Technology-as-a-Service (TaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is already delivering on the commitment for thousands of organizations.

Why all of the excitement? Cloud Computing represents a paradigm-shift for business and IT management with two primary attractions:

• Moving IT off the capital expenditures budget and reclassifying it as a reoccurring monthly operating expense, like a utility.
• Providing small and mid-sized companies with access to the sophisticated, state-of-the-art technology previously reserved only for the largest organizations.

Cloud Computing lowers the cost of business solution ownership, reduces the risk of technology and provides predictability of costs over time. It is especially well-suited for growing businesses, in that it provides the flexibility to support agile, rapidly-changing companies, while being scalable enough to accommodate growth. It enables your business to leverage technology more efficiently while controlling costs with minimum up-front investments.

Value Comparison: Licensed Software vs. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Solutions**

Hardware & Software	Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Pay upfront capital expense	Pay-as-you-go-operational expense
High upfront cost and annual maintenance costs	Lower up-front subscription costs depending on number of users per month
Cost for applications, maintenance, infrastructure and IT/application resources	Cost for annual subscription and minimal IT/application resources
Longer time required to install and configure applications	Faster implementation and time-to-productivity
Not much control over vendor after purchase	More control over relationship with vendor
Greater risk for users	Better risk sharing with vendor

** “SMBs Prefer an Integrated Business Applications Suite.” Yankee Group. 2006.

SaaS also provides improved security, performance and availability with reliable access to data and applications anywhere, anytime via an Internet browser. Further, businesses report that the risk mitigation of reliable back-up and storage, coupled with audit trails, improves their support for compliance and better governance.

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Don’t let the high costs of hardware, software, networking and support prevent your organization from upgrading to the new technology solutions that you need to compete. Start taking advantage of the savings and flexibility of TaaS and SaaS services.

Technology-as-a-Service	Software-as-a-Service
Technology Infrastructure on-Demand Flexible Intel Virtual Servers SAN Storage High Speed Communications Backup services with offsite storage SAS70 Type II Data Center facilities	Microsoft Communication Services Outlook & Exchange SharePoint Office Communications Services (OCS) CRM Microsoft Dynamics Hosting High Availability software for disaster recovery

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Advantages of SaaS Technology-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service allows businesses to avoid the headaches associated with on-premise solutions by opting to essentially lease hardware and software solutions as needed. Advantages of SaaS over On-Premise Applications Lower Cost of Ownership Faster Time-to-Production Enhanced Scalability Improved Data Security Better, Faster Support and New Functionality Business Predictability Download Full Report>>