Cloud & On Premise
The global cloud services market, is growing at a fast pace. Cloud Solutions may include the following:
- SaaS – typically a hosted software in the Cloud and subscription based
- Cloud – typically software you own hosted to a cloud service such as AWS or Azure
Cloud Based ECM or Document/Data Capture Software
Cloud based computing can provide a means for them to lower costs and risk. Since cloud based users aren’t typically purchasing software licenses. As a result attendant annual renewal fees and server hardware costs are kept to a minimum. Most SaaS ECM systems can be implemented easily and while 
the software comes as a part of the service, users will pay a monthly fee based upon the amount of storage consumed. Here are some of the other benefits:
Virtually unlimited access to your documents via the internet
Predictable monthly operating costs
Eliminates need for hardware such as servers, databases and storage systems
Eliminates need for dedicated IT support – especially important for smaller businesses
Disaster Recovery posture for your organization
Improved security – many data centers are SAS70 certified for security purposes and third party vulnerability auditing