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"Traditional software vendors across many industries, we believe will find their privileged position threatened unless they move aggressively to serve their customers by making software applications available online" - McKinsey Report 2006
Enabling Software as a Service
Software as a Service (SaaS) is now starting to emerge as a viable option to traditional, on-premises software licensing models. Smartways have been delivering application services via the Internet since 1999, often with integration to relational databases or other data feeds. The experience and expertise that has been acquired through this period has been combined with ownership of our own data centres to produce HostPoint Managed Services, SaaS enablement for Independent Software Vendors (ISV's).
HostPoint is a fully outsourced solution, imagine your customers environment today, with backup procedures, business continuity plans and performance monitoring, now centralised and managed under HostPoint. Offering end to end enablement for the on-demand hosting of both generic and line of business applications, we deliver ISV's more than just "rackspace" or simple "hands on" colocation. The enablement services provide the necessary business, technical and process methodology to achieve a service-based software delivery model, and the infrastructure to implement.
Benefits for ISV's
- Providers a quicker time to market and allows ISV's to reach a broader customer base - growing revenues at reduced costs
- Greater agility to meet new requirments when entering new markets - rapid deployment wins business.
- End-to-end service delivery from enabling applications for Internet delivery to hosting under strict SLA's, HostPoint meets all needs across the board.
- Hosted in Smartways state of the art data centre in a highly available environment, monitored and managed 24/7/365
- "On Demand" capacity provided under SLA within hours of request - power to your customers, where they need it - when they need it.
If you are an ISV looking to deliver your Software as a Service and want to work with an accredited and experienced SaaS Provider whose world-class scalable infrastructure and robust "On Demand" hosting platforms are equally matched by their impressive service level agreements and best practice accredited implementation methodologies, then call us today on 0800 138 0881