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Building a Superior Software Ownership Experience Through Software as a Service

Overview This white paper identifies the reasons why technology investments should be considered in the context of business relevance. The paper explains how businesses are achieving recognizable cost savings in their businesses via SaaS delivery of applications and discusses how lower total cost of ownership is only part of the total benefit of SaaS. It also features a pioneer in the SaaS space, Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand and profiles three Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand customers that are achieving lower total cost of ownership, increased value from their IT investments, and an improved software ownership experience.

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Publisher	IDG (International Data Group)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	August 2005
Format	White Papers
Topics	Software Engineering, Application Development

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