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The advent of cloud computing in all its forms is changing the software landscape forever - but what are the best ways to take advantage of these new solutions? How do you manage the risks in SaaS and cloud deployments? And what is the ROI of SaaS applications relative to installed software?

ECM Connection is proud to present a four-part series entitled Content Management In The Cloud: ECM SaaS by industry veteran Dan Carmel, CEO of SpringCM. The series will help readers understand, evaluate, and embrace ECM SaaS solutions.

Download Part 1:
•Why SaaS Is The Fix For What's Broken In ECM

Enterprise content management is a strategy, not a product. The market for traditional ECM solutions have been hampered by high cost, technology fragmentation, and failed projects. How does SaaS address what is wrong with ECM? Let's start the discussion with few tough questions... Read more.

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•To SaaS Or Not To SaaS? Five Tests To Determine If An On-Demand ECM Platform Is Right For Your Business

The SaaS (software as a service) delivery model has become a mainstream phenomenon, with adoption by companies doubling between 2007 and 2008, because of some widely documented advantages. SaaS deployments tend to cost much less, deliver business benefits faster, and are easier to adapt to changing business needs than traditional on-premises software. In ECM, however, there is one more key advantage &mdash: the ability to preintegrate a broad set of ECM technologies spanning document management, imaging, workflow e-forms, full text search, records management, and so on — and deliver a SaaS platform that can address most of the needs of a typical company. While no guide is absolute, we have provided some practical questions for you to consider as you evaluate your project...Read more.

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•The Economics Of SaaS vs. On-Premises ECM Applications

If you are now at the point where you can see how SaaS-based ECM can bring many advantages to your organization, then the next logical question you may be asking is, "How do the economics of SaaS solutions differ from that of the traditional on-premises software model?"

Dan Carmel brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience to SpringCM. Prior to joining SpringCM, Dan was an executive in residence at Foundation Capital, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Before joining Foundation Capital, Dan served as president and CEO of Itemfield, which was acquired by Informatica in 2005. Earlier, he served as vice president and general manager of the legal / professional services business unit for Interwoven, one of the leaders in the enterprise content management (ECM) market. Dan joined Interwoven as part of the successful merger between Interwoven and iManage, where he was vice president of marketing and business development.