Gathering Tools: on-set or hosted
The Gathering Tools solution, which is specialised in the automated collection of Excel data, has always been offered on-set hosting for our clients. Big companies such as, Danone, Adidas, and BIC, have shown the desire to internalise the storage of business data that has been enriched by Gathering Tools. BDO Via Finance has been supporting Gathering Tools customers for several years in their deployments and licenses management, installation of modules and project settings on their behalf.
While maintaining this activity, Via Finance now offers its skills to organisations wishing to move towards a SaaS operation. That’s why Gathering Tools is now available in outsourced hosting on BDO Via Finance infrastructures. We see many benefits to this alternative, including the ability for small and mid-sized businesses to equip themselves with Gathering Tools without having to worry about the hosting infrastructure of the solution.
The benefits of an offer hosted for SMC et MSC
Of course, this offer is not only for SMCs and MSCs. However, they are perhaps the main ones concerned by the established benefits. The medium-sized companies, between 100 and 1000 employees, do not have the resources of major groups to allocate infrastructure resources for each project. The SaaS business model makes perfect sense. It’s a great way to control IT costs. Maintenance and updates are fully managed by the service provider as well as any technical support needs.
In addition, choosing to host Gathering Tools on external infrastructures can also accelerate deployment times and increase agility. The solution is more quickly operational and the necessary adaptations are made directly on BDO Via Finance servers. However, these benefits can also be applied to big companies, especially for the realisation of POC.
The benefits of an offer hosted for a POC
Big companies tend to favour the on-set mode for their gathering Tools licenses. However, the ability to host licenses in SaaS mode can be very useful in the early stages of deploying a project. In fact, during the production of POC (Proof of Concept), agility is a key and it is important to be able to quickly show the first benefits of the project. In this context, hosting an outsource prevents IT teams from spending time on an in-house deployment. The time available for servers is therefore greatly reduced, and it is possible to carry out a POC in a few days instead of several weeks usually.
The provision of gathering Tools on outsourced infrastructure can be extended during the official launch of the software, and then integrated into the company’s IS. In this way, users fully benefit from the solution and the CIO can proceed with the migration in the IS step-by-step. Everyone gains efficiency. This makes it possible to set up Gathering Tools quickly for the businesses.
As you will understand, we are committed to respond to the diversity of situations that we may encounter in our exchanges with our clients. While some prefer the on-set deployment, others are delighted to be able to outsource their accommodation.
Our team is at your disposal to determine which alternative is most suitable, so do not hesitate to contact us!