In this videocast, John Macy talks about On-Demand or Software-as-a-Service as the next, common sense, logical evolution of technology.

• In the traditional On-Premise environment, the client owns the infrastructure and licenses the application from the vendor. The client is responsible for all of the upfront costs and the ongoing maintenance and upgrades.

• In the new On-Demand world, the responsibility for looking after the infrastructure is passed to the supplier. There are no upfront software or hardware costs, rather the client pays for the service as it is used — pay-as-you-go approach.

There are two major benefits of the On-Demand model:

• Technology complexity is avoided by letting someone else take responsibility for the software and the technical infrastructure.

• Total Cost of Ownership is reduced because there is no major outlay for hardware or software and implementation time is drastically minimized.

On-Demand is way of the future because it avoids complexity, delivers the total cost of ownership that executives expect, and supports implementation and roll-out in far shorter timeframes than ever before.