RedtoBlack Software Consulting prides itself on taking as close to a “vendor-neutral” approach to business applications selection and recommendation as possible.
One of the most frustrating and stressful experiences many business managers experience is a software selection and implementation process. Our Project Initiation process can dramatically affect the outcome of this process. In fact, it is designed to specifically address the top five causes of SMB IT project failures as identified by the Standish Group’s 15-year study of over 50,000 such projects.
To be fair, RedtoBlack Software Consulting does harbor a bias for web-based technology or cloud-computing solutions in general. The reasons for this are straightforward:
- Web-based software usually eliminates many of the client-side problems that users of traditional software experience. When the browser is the client, it typically doesn’t matter what Operating System you are using, whether you are on a mobile platform or a desktop and so on. Web-based software makes for a more consistent user experience and makes frequent hardware upgrades a thing of the past.
- Web-based software is typically quicker to implement and quicker to achieve positive ROI than traditional software. Whether it is hosted on an in-house server, on a cloud-computing platform or in the publisher’s data center, web-based software cannot be beat when it comes to speed of deployment.
- Businesses are increasingly relying on remote workers to meet their staffing needs effectively. Additionally, many businesses are extending their geographical reach in order to increase their revenue in difficult times. Web-based software makes supporting remote teams and users a non-issue thanks to ubiquitous high-speed internet and the significant technological leaps made in the areas of user experience and desktop integration in today’s modern web applications.
- Offloading the burden of managing servers (capacity planning, network security, Operating System and application patch management, just to name a few requirements) and the necessary failover systems can significantly reduce the stress inherent in making significant changes to critical business systems. Beyond the implementation period, there are significant benefits to having automated offsite backups and other tools that can help you maintain the critical uptime your business needs to compete today.
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Find out what the potential savings can be when you make the switch from legacy software to web-based solutions with professional implementation services from RedtoBlack Software Consulting. Contact us today for a no-hassle initial assessment.