Why Software as a Service (SaaS)
Host Analytics understands the problems associated with traditional on premise Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software. Our SaaS model cuts costs, reduces risk and speeds deployment. It allows companies of all sizes to realize decision-making benefits quickly without taking on the risk of traditional software licenses. In addition to the details below, our model allows you to start with a subset of our suite. As your needs expand, so can your functionality, without a new install process. Moreover, as we constantly upgrade our system, those upgrades roll into your deployment -- often at no additional cost.
That is why we provide you with an alternative to traditional CPM with Software as a Service (SaaS) based CPM by Host Analytics. Whether you need a budgeting application, or a comprehensive suite of CPM solutions, we have the complete and unified approach to CPM that eliminates the problems of traditional on premise solutions.
Merging the technologies of SaaS and CPM software provides the strategic innovation that allows companies of all sizes to mitigate the common pitfalls of traditional software licenses. This allows companies to drive the planning process forward to become more strategically managed.
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How it Works
SaaS customers pay a hosting fee on a quarterly or annual basis, as opposed to paying up front for a traditional software license. The application is delivered over the web in a “thin client” platform. The SaaS vendor assumes all the implementation, support training, infrastructure and security risks in exchange for the recurring subscription fee. The subscription fee it typically based on a per user basis. The delivery model is based on a service model. In addition to the software it includes “best practice” consulting to support a customer’s ongoing implementation of the software to all areas of their business.
Because it is a service, the vendor provides the necessary support to minimize the reliance on the customer’s internal resources. A SaaS vendor guarantees their revenue stream from a customer by providing exceptional service and helping the customer further implement the software components.
Finally the SaaS Vendor is ultimately more engaged in a client’s success than an on-premise vendor, therefore shifts the balance of power from the vendor (in the case of typical licensed software) to the customer and their satisfaction and application usage.
Architecture
The Host CPM suite is built on a secure, highly scalable and high availability infrastructure. This infrastructure allows us to bring you the Host CPM suite quickly and provides fast time-to-value. The core architecture and business services include:
- State of the art infrastructure running Microsoft Windows operating system, Microsoft SQL 2005 and Microsoft Analysis Services.
- Application management to free up your internal IT staff.
- Subject matter experts in the areas of budgeting and planning, financial consolidation, reporting, scorecarding and the Balanced Scorecard Methodology for exceptional product support
- 24 X 7 Monitoring of servers and applications, including proactive monitoring of potential eroding conditions
- High Availability systems with geographically dispersed redundant data centers for fault tolerance
- Enterprise tape backup daily with off-site secure storage
- Multi-layered network security