I am always amazed at the number of people who look at software projects and implementation of solutions as a simple ‘pop it in place’ equation. Every organization has SOME software and an existing network with an array of hardware, network considerations, and local and enterprise-wide software tools that are popular or downright necessary for their users to access.
Your business may be a start-up, a small, medium or large enterprise. Size and industry are not important. What is important is market innovation, customer satisfaction and a focus on product and service excellence. But not every business can satisfy the need for resources, specialized skills or support for growth, special projects or even sometimes, ongoing support.
My friend, Geoffrey works in a web agency. He is the consummate professional – always trying to better services and ready to work to meet deadlines and budgets. His team puts a lot of effort into visualizing and conceptualizing ways to create a more attractive Internet presence, with seamless applications, aesthetic designs, and refreshing experience for your customers business.
When your business needs custom software development, it may be tempting to turn the project over to in-house IT but you may want to reconsider this option before making your decision.
A technology partner is a crucial member of your enterprise team. You can and should use a trusted partner for offshore software development, custom software development, software application development, software product development, mobile app development and more.
Technology is tough! How do you do it all? Even if you are a technology company or a technology consulting firm, you will find that you have to focus on one or a few core competencies if you want to ensure that you have the latest skills and knowledge in that one area or in a few areas or about a few products or services (if you are lucky).
Whether your market is local or global, the business world is competitive and you can’t afford a misstep in the market. Technology is the underpinning of productivity and workflow, so if you are using software, you will need skilled software development and a service provider that can assist with integration, infrastructure support, and other technology initiatives. While your IT team may be very skilled, if your organization is like most, IT is sorely strained for resources and they are trying to do everything from producing custom reports to maintaining networks and hardware and creating custom apps that serve users.
There is nothing wrong in being able to price low and selling at half or less than half the price as long the service quality is at least 80% of the sustained market price.Low priced services offering matching quality often tend to be disruptive to the markets and customers benefit significantly from what has to be done.
However, being simply low priced and expecting the economics and sociology to work on its own is something that will equate to having one size fits all approach to business.
There is software (that miraculous and sometimes maddening invention of programmers and developers that somehow manages, organizes and manipulates your most precious business and personal data). And there is service a word I have come to understand as having something to do with a business helping you by providing attention, expertise or products in exchange for a fee). But, can there really be something called Software as a Service?
Yes! Software as a Service is a wonderful new(ish) invention that allows you to get all the features and functionality of a software package without all the headaches of implementation, installation, deployment, and maintenance and support. It can be accessed via the internet so you can use it from anywhere and, the best part is, someone else has to maintain and support it.
