SaaS supports government interference. No, really!
I’ve just read the most unlikely justification for why software-as a-service (business IT functionality delivered via the internet) is a better solution. Because it facilitates the easy implementation of government legislation and government tinkering. No, really! Because SaaS can implement changes quickly across many businesses, governments don’t have the problem of replacing millions of installed software packages. It’s true.
Aaarrrggghhh!!! Come back SAP, Oracle and Microsoft. All is forgiven! Rod Drury, you are in big trouble! Don’t encourage the b******s!
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November 3rd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
A good example is the GST Ratio Method of Provisional Tax Calculation. This removed a huge issue for small businesses but had spectacularly unsuccessful take up in part because the disconnected nature of desktop accounting meant that it was expensive for accountants to ascertain where the business was at.
Another example going on right now is the adoption of Standard Business Reporting which reduces the effort to send information to multiple agencies. This can be implemented quickly with SaaS.
Also Standard Business Identifiers, which will facilitate B2B commerce amongst small businesses. We could do that very quickly.
Me thinks you to fast on that trigger Jim.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Rod
I agree that these are all admirable things to cut. My tongue-in-cheek comment meant to highlight that if it’s easy to cut out legislation, it’s also easy to add it; and politicians on average add more red tape than they cut. So Saas inadvertently adds to their power to do so.
November 4th, 2008 at 6:08 am
And here’s me thinking that Rod’s post was pure opportunitism - no he actually believes what he says
Perhaps if Rod’s post had been more along the lines of “SaaS enables businesses to react to both positive and negative external factors in a more timely manner”, Jim wouldn’t have commented so.