ERP Software

ERP Software Is Increasing in Demand with SaaS Delivery and Higher Security Costs

ERP Software Demand

ERP software demand skyrocketed in 1995 as companies raced to ward off the potential threat of the Y2K monster that was lurking with the wide installed base of double zero digital technologies that were in danger of potentially blowing up and subsequently blowing up company profits and operations in the year 2000. Consequently the demand for large enterprise resource planning, ERP software solutions took a steep downward trajectory after the scare died down few years later. The combination of the abatement of the fear of a global IT systems meltdown and the popping of the internet bubble in the early 2000s, the incentive of companies to make huge IT capital investments that ERP software implementations required dropped like a rock. Fortunately, the critical benefits of ERP software and enterprise systems delivered to companies still remained, and with the emergence of software on demand (SOD) offerings or Software as a Service (SaaS) application, new developing internet technologies, lower cost solutions and increasing security issues, the demand for ERP software and enterprise applications has seen a new upward trajectory.

ERP Softwares New Resurgence

ERP softwares new face is attributed in part to new delivery vehicles such SaaS bases ERP software solutions. One aspect of SaaS based systems that is getting a lot of attention and popularity across the globe is security product offerings and applications that address the security challenges within organizations. Company executives are managers are wanting to delegate their IT security monitoring and management by outsourcing this area to third parties. Cost is a key driver for outsourcing IT security as the economic downturn and the escalating costs and resources required to manage security challenges make the cost savings of having a third party with incredibly robust technologies and resources dedicated to security an inexpensive and easy simple way to offload this non-core business function.

In addition to the cost savings advantage of SaaS based ERP softwares and applications, the security issue continues to grow every quarter with respect to complexity and difficulty in management. New and more demanding security requirements and the emergence of more clever hackers and spam engines have increased the speed of web based threats and forced managers to outsource this growing pain point to third parties whose business is solely focused on dealing with security threats. This is an especially big challenge with messaging security.

Also, with the wide array of offering and vendors for on demand ERP softwares and security solutions including new offerings by the traditional on premise ERP software giants are now getting into the competition, companies now have access to more offering that are off the shelf aligned with their respective company size, industry and business model.

Half of the companies in the US projec that spam and malware will increase despite improving anti-spam and antivirus solutions, and managers are increasingly concerned eith spyware corrupting the network and mobile devices.

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