Requested White Paper
Financial Software & The Cloud
The pros and cons of cloud computing may be regularly debated by the IT team, but what about the rest of the business. How many Chief Financial Officers are still afraid to take the plunge? Most are familiar with the compelling benefits of lower capital expenditure, improved financial control and rapid deployment – all key issues when facing an over-worked IT department struggling to find the time to even discuss business requirements, let alone oversee the delivery of new software. So, why the hesitation?
It is, perhaps, understandable that a CFO may be unwilling to rush headlong into the cloud with a business critical application such as the core financial software. But there are other aspects of the financial portfolio that provide a fantastic opportunity for testing the viability of the hosted model.
