2. We Are…
LawTech Partners
Orlando-Based Consulting Firm
Specialize in Legal
Netdocuments Channel Partner
3. We Are…
Leader In Saas Content Management
Offer Web-centric, Software-as-a-service
(Saas) Document, Email And Records
Management Services, Including Extranet
Services
Customers: Legal, Financials, Real
Estate, Sales, And Healthcare Industries
4. SaaS
Software as a Service
A software delivery method that provides
access to software and it functions
remotely as a web-based service.
5. The Emergence of the SaaS Model
1. Advent Of The Asps 1990’s
2. The Problem (Other Than
Venture Capital) – Tried To
Be All Things!
3. Lost Economies Of Scale
Necessary For Cost
Effectiveness
4. Technology Not Ready
5. Reliability Suffered
6. Why do IT professionals
need to consider the SaaS
model?
1. We’ve Come A Long Way Baby
2. SaaS Business Model Makes Business Sense
3. IT Professionals Need To Continue To Align
Technology With Business Goals And
Objectives
Strong Momentum for On-Demand
7. Why do IT professionals
need to consider the SaaS
model?
SaaS Market Penetration 2006
SaaS Traditional
By 2006 , it was report
by Gartner that SaaS
had a 25-40% 25%
penetration of $220
Billion Software
75%
industry.
Strong Momentum for On-Demand
8. Why do IT professionals
need to consider the SaaS
model?
Further, Gartner SaaS Market Penetration 2006
predicted the SaaS Traditional
worldwide SaaS
market which had
reached $6.3 billion 25%
in 2006 would grow
to $19.3 billion by 75%
year-end 2011.
Strong Momentum for On-Demand
9. Why do IT professionals
need to consider the SaaS
model?
• Of 850 Enterprise Customers 74% Were Favorably
Disposed To Adopting SaaS Platforms
• Innovation In The Software Industry On The Rise Is
Driving Two Software Trends - SaaS & SOA
• Accelerated Adoption Of Subscription And On-
demand Purchasing Models
• Momentum Driven By SMB Customers
McKinsey & Company Enterprise
Software Customer Survey 2008
Strong Momentum for On-Demand
10. Why do IT professionals
need to consider the SaaS
model?
• Harsh Economic Climate Will Accelerate Growth
• Buyer Will Opt For Easy-to-use Subscription Services
That Meter Usage
• Increased Its SaaS Growth Projection For 2009 From
36% Growth To 40.5% Over 2008 Figures
• By End Of 2009 76% Of US Org. Will Use At Least
One SaaS-deliver Application For Business Use.
IDC 2009
Strong Momentum for On-Demand
11. How Does SaaS Differ From ASP?
ASP SaaS
1. Resold Legacy 1. Net-Native
Applications Applications
2. Retained 2. Pay-As-You-Go
Perpetual Subscription
Licenses Model
3. Remained 3. Functionality |
Inflexible Universality
4. Single Tenant 4. Multi-Tenant
13. What SaaS means to you…
Lower cash outlays and TCO
Better use of internal resources
Ease of implementation
Reduced technology investment risk
Continuous support & seamless upgrades
Full application lifecycle involvement
New functionality and improved performance
Shared risks and single-source accountability
Inherent disaster recovery
14. • If It’s Bad, It’s Really, Really Bad!
• No Direct Control Over Systems
• Must Be Carefully Vetted In
Terms Of Security, Hosting
Operation And Web Services
• Post Sarbanes-Oxley &
Compliance – Ability To Certify
Integrity Of Financial Systems
And Data
• Not Good For Highly Customized
Needs
• Integration Issues
The Downside
15. 1. Are you a true SaaS provider – meaning multi-
tenant. Are all customers running the same
version using shared hardware?
2. What has been average outage time?
3. How often is new software released?
4. How much domain experience do you have as
an SaaS provider?
5. Did you start as a SaaS company?
6. Do you offer a free trial?
7. How much customization is needed?
8. How much customization is possible?
9. How does your application scale?
10.How will you keep my content and data safe?
17. Benefits
One Service Infrastructure
Document Email
Management Management • One Repository
System System • One Search Engine
• One Ethical Wall
Image Electronic Records • One User Interface
Management Content Management • One Admin Framework
System System
Services • One Foldering System
• One Profile Structure
Knowledge Extranet
Management Management • One Retention Policy
System System • One Security System
• One Matter Centricity
• One Compliance Enforcement
The Power of One
18. SaaS Architecture
DR Primary
Datacenter Datacenter
data replication
on-site
Internet backup
(optional)
https://
Local
Echo Document
Service