Whitepaper: Software moves out of the enterprise environment

Despite the rapid rate of change that characterises technology, for the last 20 years at least the way business consumes IT has stayed fundamentally the same. At least that was the case until the last few years that have seen an erosion of the on-premises software model.

Tired of the questionable value of their investments in deploying systems —and beset by complexity in the form of software and associated licences, the lack of knowledge and skills in constructing and maintaining the physical infrastructure (power, cooling and security) to maximise availability—many firms have begun to look at an alternative approach that sees them connecting to hosted software, sometimes called software as a service and offered by application service providers (ASPs).

Despite the manifest advantages in this approach, ASPs had a bumpy start and many have amid the dot-com implosion. Today’s ASPs usually run their own software and benefit from today’s more robust internet access infrastructure.

Demand for their services is now clear among large enterprises and SMBs alike.

Read this white paper to see how the hosted software as a service model can benefit your company and the steps you need to take to make it work.