https://istart.co.nz/nz-news-items/one-hundred-percent-saas/ iStart technology in business leading the way to smarter technology investment - A/NZ ERP, CRM, BI, HR, eCommerce software research, trends and buyer's guides. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://istart.co.nz/nz-news-items/one-hundred-percent-saas/#comment-22379 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:46:19 +0000 https://istart.co.nz/news-items/one-hundred-percent-saas/#comment-22379 SaaS and On-prem software are fundamentally the same. Both can be “highly modular”. This was the aim of ERP companies way before SaaS was heard of. Remember OO and products such as Protean from Marcam or JDE’s OneWorld. Both promised an end to customization. Both were wrong, both companies died as a result, and in JDE’s case ended up inside Oracle. In fact the exact opposite of Mr Miranda’s claim is true, SaaS kills innovation …unless you think that every user having access to exactly the same software features give any company a competitive advantage. As Gartner said in 2009, until SaaS (specifically multi-tenant) can offer customization that will support any business requirement, it is a non-starter for serious businesses.

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