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By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:13:55 +0000

Arun, thanks for this clarification! I think that customization and multi-tenancy is the most complicated case for SaaS/OnDemand software. I was interested to learn more how Salesforce is doing so. It seems to me, they have the best solution based on Force.com today. Do you have any experience with that? Best, Oleg

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:42:18 +0000

Oleg, Good question. Arena data model can accommodate customizations for many common processes to meet the unique work-flow requirement of our customers. When we make enhancements, and other changes to functionality that affect these processes, all of these customizations are upgraded as well.
Regards,
Arun.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:31:45 +0000

Krishna, Thanks for sharing your thoughts! However, I don’t see the cloud and hosting as the only “cost” factor. Cloud (as well as Internet) can facilitate better collaboration and provide some solutions that can be different from the functional standpoint. The implementation/deployment time is different. And yes, it comes with additional issues such as security, etc. Good discussion! Best, Oleg

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:24:15 +0000

Arun, Thank you for your comment! My assumption that bigger customers will have a different set of expectation related to the tuning of the system and specific customizations. Then, questions of upgrades will come again. Does it make sense? Best, Oleg

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By: Krishna Badarla

Krishna Badarla — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:22:40 +0000

Cloud,SaaS, visualized as a virtual machine concept to reduce costs rather than any technical advantage,Just the ownership of the implementation, maintenance and up gradation related responsibility is taken over by the S/W provider,Does this solve any primary issues the Client is facing? I feel no.
I agree with Arun, on the complexity of the Enterprise, Even though the standard(best practices) remain same, the approaches to the processes by the clients make it more complex, and leaves the system as an open ended, widening the gaps between the processes.
Swati, I agree with you, as I was saying, the host never provides a complete solution and it remains open ended in terms of processes and data management, there are multiple reasons, like investment, technology development,and the time factor, the opportunity cost is very high and time bound, by the time, a concept is developed and offered, it is seen the technology is out dated, and especially in S/w, technology change is almost immediate and the risk element is: a particular solution may not be liked or may find inadequate by a client,(ex: CAD application), and rejects the whole system, this is very risky.
So the providers try to limit the system generalized so that it can be easily marketed.

The security aspect, well, it needs a lot of attention,Already there are allegations of data theft,the SaaS,and clod providers need to do a lot of work to prove that it is safe in their hands.

Another point is, what If the user(client) wants to switch over to another system for what ever reason? and doesn’t like this system any more?,As the data is with the existing provider. who will provide the service of migration? the new vendor with whom the client fell in love or the old vendor whom he is divorcing? in this hostile conditions is the data safe?

By: Arun

Arun — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:25:27 +0000

yes, Arena primarily targets small to mid-size manufacturers. That said, we have a number of large manufacturing companies who use Arena not only for the core features we offer, but also the ease and affordability of getting started and using the system. The platform itself does not limit the size of the implementation that can be supported.