SaaS: Software as a Service for Staffing and Recruiting Software
The Emergence of SaaS as a Cost-Effective Deployment Methodology for Staffing and Recruiting Software
PART 1: What is Software as a Service?
It is becoming commonplace within the staffing and recruiting industry for prospective software buyers to hear the phrase “software as a service” (SaaS). As a method of deploying software, SaaS is said to offer both immediate and long-term benefits to staffing and recruiting firms.
Those benefits are not unique to staffing and recruiting firms. Many research groups are predicting a significant spike in SaaS deployment in all markets. According to the white paper, "Software as a Service" by William Blair & Company, a large equities-focused firm, SaaS will experience a market growth of 20 to 25 percent over the next five-years. Conversely, traditional enterprise deployment is seeing a decline. So what is SaaS and why is it beneficial to you as a staffing and recruiting professional?
What Does Software as a Service Mean?
SaaS deployment of staffing and recruiting software has several key characteristics. It is a subscription-based model also referred to as “pay-as-you-go” or “on-demand” software. Depending on your software vendor, you may be offered payment options by the month, quarter, or even year. SaaS deployment is completely hosted and managed in some cases by your software vendor and is accessible to you over the Internet.
With SaaS deployment, you face few of the headaches of dealing with internal staffing, performance or system issues that come with managing an enterprise application in-house. Traditional enterprise deployment is usually seen in larger national staffing and recruiting firms that already have the IT staff and resources to manage the application internally. However, even some of the industry's largest staffing organizations are beginning to adopt SaaS deployment due to its significant benefits.
With growing acceptance globally among companies of virtually every size, Gartner Group forecasts that as much as 25% of new business software will be delivered by SaaS by 2011. So let's take a closer look at SaaS. Are all SaaS applications deployed the same?
PART 2 : SaaS Staffing and Recruiting Software Deployment Approaches
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PART 1: Software as a Service for Staffing and Recruiting Software - What is SaaS?
PART 2: SaaS Staffing and Recruiting Software Deployment Approaches
PART 3: The Benefits of SaaS Staffing and Recruiting Software
PART 4: The Security and Stability of SaaS Staffing and Recruiting Software
PART 5: The Future of SaaS Staffing and Recruiting Software
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