Software-as-a-service “comes of age” with Clarizen
As budgets get tighter and software-as-a-service (SaaS) matures, there is an increasing amount of interest among small and medium-sized businesses and now the eneterprise to use SaaS solutions.
In an article by Kevin White about online project management software that appeared on CBRonline.com earlier this week, White mentions that in addition to companies turning to SaaS solutions for managing projects because of the low price point, another benefit is that SaaS is “inherently collaborative since it allows any user of an application to access information anytime from anywhere.”
The company that he focuses on that is proving this theory right is Israel-based Clarizen. Clarizen, a project management software company, has enjoyed popularity in the past few months because it allows contributors to edit at the same time and for the changes to be visible immediately to anyone involved on the project. In addition it covers all the aspects of managing a project, from assigning tasks to budget tracking.
Clarizen has also received a lot of positive attention as a significantly cheaper alternative to other enterprise collaboration solutions ($25 a month per user vs. $125,000 entry point). Though it currently faces steep competition from other free or low cost solutions such as Google Docs and Basecamp, Clarizen is expected to roll out new enterprise features in the upcoming months that will set it apart.
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While I disagree that SAAS is inheritly more collaborative, the age of SAAS applications is with us and SAAS will be a viable delivery method for years to come.
I have built SAAS applications for nearly a decade and I am pleased to see that the wide spread acceptance of the platform is now upon us.
Clarizen looks like a great solution for project management. I have been making use of Microsoft SharePoint, using a SAAS model of course, as it meets my key criteria and enables me to leverage an investment that I have already made with the platform.
Keep using SAAS everyone.
John Moore
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