The evolution towards SaaS deployment of applications to end users has become well established in specific application areas on the edges of the enterprise.

What happens as corporate decision makers consider this trend as it applies to application deployment inside the enterprise itself? Economic advantages include lowering or eliminating capital expenditure for licenses, hardware, and installation, low or no cost upgrades, matching expense to revenue through “pay for what you use”, and overall reductions in IT costs. It also opens up new opportunities for outsourcing non-core competency business functions, with in-house and outsourced parties working on a central data set.

At the same time, the computing world inside the enterprise presents unique challenges, including integration between systems, trusting a vendor with the security of your data, and customizing applications for your company’s particular business practices.

Come join us for an open dialogue with industry experts who are involved with wrestling with these issues.

The forum will feature a dialogue between:
1. Leading enterprise executives who are actively involved in evaluating the impact of SaaS on enterprise IT deployments
2. Information technology vendors who are actively meeting the needs of enterprise customers in the transition to a SaaS model for deployment of applications

Moderator:
Charlie Peppler brings 25 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying, mission critical enterprise information systems in multiple industries, including advanced manufacturing, biotech, and financial services. Charlie is the Founder and CEO of Capnetix, which is presently bringing to market “Fundix”, a SaaS based Transfer Agency solution for investment management and insurance firms, third party administrators and custodians, delivered on a SaaS 2.0 platform, designed specifically for deploying back office applications in the financial services industry.

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