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Software as a service

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  • 24-04-2008 10:02am
    #1
    Californeeway
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭


    This seems to be in the news a lot, however i'm not sure if Ireland has the reliable broadband speeds capable of supporting companies looking to change to fully online large enterprise system like say Salesforce or Netsuite...especially if the data centres are in the America!

    Anyone have any ideas on 'the future of software'?


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    #2
    micdug
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭micdug


    SAS is flavour of the month alright. If you have broadband or 3G I can't see you would have any problem using hosted software. If you had a larger number of people (>10) using SAS from an single location you would need to be looking at leased lines with proper Quality of Service agreements in place and appropriate business continuity processes in place (telecoms). To my mind the biggest things holding back SAS are:
    1. Data security - and by that I mean everything including what happens if the service provider folds, if I want to migrate to a different supplier (how helpful will they be giving my data back?), etc etc.
    2. Legal - are safe harbour agreements in place if you store your data on American servers? http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/sh_overview.html .
    It's an evolving market, but it should be looked at along with traditional on site solutions.


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