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Mid-Market Heroes: Luring Big-Time Customers With SaaS

December 8, 2008
By Scott Koegler

Software Versus SaaS

The processing of EDI has, historically, been an in-house task, much like many data-processing applications. The advent of SaaS-based EDI services has made an impact on the operations of an increasing number of product suppliers. Here is a list of the most important advantages of using a SaaS-based EDI provider.

Software platform	SaaS platform
Purchase price Hardware purchase/install/support Expert staff needed Daily monitoring Creating EDI Maps for new customers Local installation requires updates	Monthly use cost No local servers Expertise supplied Monitored by provider Maps are created by provider All updates are managed

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