Software as a Service (SaaS)

SaaS, Cloud Computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) are terms being used commonly on the Internet today.  These terms relate to the delivery of software to individuals or organisations as a service and provide the basis for a new generation of business applications set to change the way we work with computers.

In the development of our Software as a Service (SaaS) Asset and Maintenance Management product suite, Smartpath recognised the growing demand for its solution to be delivered as a service and set about building the software and infrastructure so customers could derive maximum benefit with minimum effort.

SaaS is being driven primarily by its ability to reduce upfront payments and total cost of ownership (TCO). In addition, there is a move away from traditional client/server computing models to more flexible architectures.

Changing business requirements are driven by ever changing technologies, as well as a growing need to remotely access and support applications 24/7. Without SaaS, this trend towards flexible, robust and secure application infrastructure can be costly and technologically prohibitive.

Benefits of SaaS

The benefits of the SaaS Asset and Maintenance Management software products are many for organisations that are considering moving to a subscription (OPEX) model for some or all of its applications. Just some of the benefits of accessing Smartpath's Loc8 Asset and Maintenance management suite under a SaaS model include:

• Immediate access to a valuable business tool.
• Removing the need to outlay a significant capital lump sum cost for an enterprise-wide application.
• Reducing the cost of and dependency on skilled resources to maintain and support applications.
• Ability to go global and quickly make the application available to an overseas branch office where support capabilities and IT infrastructure may be limited.
• Speed of market entry allowing customers to quickly accelerate their business operations as market opportunities present themselves.
• Provision of immediate scalability.