Cloud computing
It’s time to get your head in the cloud
Don’t worry! We understand how important it is for the finance team to be practical and down to earth but there’s an important new development for you that’s no longer just on the horizon…
A new alternative
“Cloud computing” (a.k.a. “software as a service”, “SaaS” or “on-demand”) is a new way to access, use and pay for a huge range of business support systems. It has quickly become an extremely popular and accepted model all around the world and it offers many advantages that could make it an attractive option for your organization too.
It offers the promise of business systems that:
- are always available, easy to deploy and accessible anywhere
- are quick to set up and integrate
- need only minimal in-house IT infrastructure and support.
Cloud computing applications are generally priced on a subscription model – so customers may pay a monthly usage fee, for example, rather than the more established model of purchasing software to run in house.
Cloud accounting is here
If you’re looking for a suitable starting point for cloud computing or if you just want a better financial management solution at a realistic price, then FinancialForce.com has the on-demand solutions you need.
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Why go “on-demand”?
This new approach to business applications is an attractive alternative to “on-premise” software – the traditional option, where you would buy licenses to install and run the application on your own system. With on-demand (a.k.a. “software as a service”, “SaaS” or “cloud computing”) applications, all the tools and data are hosted for you on our secure servers, instead. This reduces the associated in-house IT support needed for hardware and software, and replaces any one-off, up-front costs with a great value monthly subscription fee. Better still, you’ll be up and running more quickly and achieving a return on your investment sooner.
FinancialForce.com and salesforce.com – cloud computing partners
FinancialForce applications offer you the best of both worlds.
- multi-everything, global financial management solutions designed and developed by CODA (the financial system experts)
- hosted and delivered by salesforce.com on its secure and proven cloud computing platform (called Force.com).
Some key advantages of this model are that there is no need for additional in-house computer hardware or specialist resource, and all upgrades and implementations are managed by us, as your service provider.
Cloud computing is particularly attractive to companies that need more flexible functionality but low setup costs – such as fast-growing organisations that are starting to find their systems restrictive.
Cloud computing – a cost-effective way to get the business applications you need.
Moving your business support tools and systems into the cloud can make excellent practical and financial sense. Our applications are delivered as a cost-effective online, on-demand subscription service.
They are designed for rapid implementation and our pay-as-you-go model makes them affordable for any size or type of organization. So, you’ll get much more but need much less…
less… hardware less… IT resource less… setup investment less… maintenance budget
FinancialForce.com – taking unrivalled financial management into the cloud
CODA (the company behind FinancialForce.com) has been delivering innovative, award-winning solutions for the finance team for almost 30 years, including Financials – the original single-ledger global accounting system – which revolutionized accounting software.
Now, through FinancialForce.com, it is leading the field again, by bringing its award-winning “multi-everything” accounting functionality to the cloud computing environment.
Working with salesforce.com we have created a range of applications, delivering modern financial management to organizations of all types and sizes – but as an on-demand, online service, instead of as an installed “on-premise” system.
The best in cloud computing solutions from suppliers you can trust
The important point to bear in mind is that selecting an on-demand business application is really no different to choosing a conventional software solution. You still need to find stable, consistent, reliable tools from providers who really know what they are doing:
- Salesforce.com is the biggest on-demand provider of business applications in the world.
- FinancialForce.com is a new venture from CODA, which has been providing award-winning financial management software and services for 30 years.