Category Archives: SaaS

ELNs and Data Portability

By Simon Coles | Published: July 13, 2010
I recall back in the late 90′s a lot of discussion at CENSA meetings about the need to move data between different systems, and of course from one ELN to another. From the customer’s perspective it is a really important issue although sadly one that doesn’t get enough attention until they are committed to a [...]
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SaaS: Shelfware as a service? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

By Simon Coles | Published: October 26, 2009
Interesting perspective on the whole SaaS debate on the ZDNet Between the Lines blog in their post SaaS: Shelfware as a service?. Basically SaaS is not a magic bullet for enterprise apps, the problems associated with large complex software can’t be magicked away just because someone else runs the software for you. Our hosted products [...]
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How SaaS changes the Vendor/Client dynamic for the better

By Simon Coles | Published: August 31, 2009
There’s a blog post on SandHill.com about reducing the cost of SaaS implementations. The first few paragraphs really hit home: In the on-premise enterprise software world, I have seen many software implementations go awry despite ballooning implementation expenditures. Customers never see their ROI until many years into the implementation, by which time they are so [...]
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Good post on SaaS myths

By Simon Coles | Published: August 31, 2009
Good post on LIMS Finder debunking SaaS myths. SaaS isn’t for everyone but I can’t help but feel that any vendor without a true SaaS offering is going to have a really hard time – and there are a lot of ELN vendors who have backed themselves into a technology corner were providing a realistic [...]
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