The emergence of SaaS technology has brought many advantages to organisations looking to introduce new applications into their business.

• Reduced costs: SaaS based solutions are online, therefore they negate the need for organisations to invest in their own hardware, security, backup or in-house IT management to support it.

• Speed: SaaS based solutions are quick and easy to deploy throughout the organization, making it both cost and time efficient in implementation as well as highly beneficial to organizations with multiple locations.

• User Acceptance: Due to the nature of being online based, SaaS based solutions traditionally have very intuitive GUIs. This means that user training is minimal but adoption and use are greater within a shorter time frame.

• Flexibility: Even off site users can access their corporate applications and ensure they are still adhering to their corporate security policies and governance. The ability to work remotely while under the safe umbrella of SaaS based applications is particularly attractive to organisations with mobile and remote workers.