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Commercial Property Management:
Managing Properties in the Cloud
Property management industry is much more tech savvy than it wasfew years ago...
The rise in number of vendors offering web-based, Software as a Service (SaaS) systems for property management leads to the increasing adoption of new
technology by property managers.
SaaS model help property managers accomplish their most important goals – retain currenttenants and attract new ones by efficiently managing properties from anywhere, anytime and
providing the needed information to tenants fast and clear.
Commercial property managerslooking for the best businessmanagement software might
want to consider Soft4RealEstate – a software system for
commercial propertymanagement companies.
You can use Software as a Service, install the solution on
your premises, use Web Client onyour mobile or tablet, or enjoy
the richer capabilities of Windows Client! Whatever is better for
your company.A Free Trial for 21 days is available. There are no
set-up costs for a limited time!
The Good, the Badand the Ugly about
SaaS
The costs
Set-up time and risk
Customization & integration
Security and control
The infrastructure
Web Access
Things to consider beforedeciding to choose cloud or on-premises solution:
The Costs
The Good
•SaaS is a Pay As You Go model
•No additional investments for IT resources or system maitenance
•No significant upfront licensing fees
•No in-house IT staff needed
The Bad
•Not beneficial as a long-term investment, especially for largercompanies with IT infrastructure and staff already in place
The Ugly
•Remember to pay every month
•Need to learn to use the system using only manuals or visual traininginformation, without direct human contact
Set-up Time & Risk
The Good
•SaaS dramatically saves deployment time
•Trial version available
•No significant upfront licensing fees
•No in-house IT staff needed
The Bad
•Not possible to negotiate specific features that you need
•Even if the negotiation is successful it will be a long time before requested features are developed
The Ugly
•Only one provider of a particular cloud software solution
•If they go out of business you need to look for a new system and might lose your data
Customization & Integration
The Good
•Choice among different software packages and modules
•You pay only for the features that you need to use at the current stage of your business
The Bad
•Low level of customization
•Standard solution cannot always fit individual needs of each company
The Ugly
•Need to evaluate workloads carefully, otherwise the cost for system development increase or development is not possible at all
•May not find the solution that fit all your company needs
Security & Control
The Good
•Additional security controls
•Databanks have much more secure and well-protectedenvironment than offices
The Bad
•No direct control over the level of security of the databases asthis depends on the cloud provider
The Ugly
•Level of system performance can be inconsistent due to theshared infrastructure
•In some countries or industries cloud and SaaS solutions are restricted
The Infrastructure
The Good
• No infrastructure is needed in-house
• No need for internal IT resources
The Bad• An acceptable Internet speed is necessary
The Ugly
• There are countries with no or very poorconnection to the Internet
Web Access
The Good
•Data can be accessed anywhere and anytime
•SaaS allows to expand global presencequickly
The Bad•Acceptable Internet access is necessary
The Ugly
•There are countries with no or very poorInternet connection
Today technology givesorganizations the
possibility to choose
Before deciding whether to choose SaaS or not, considerall 6 components described
before
Costs
Risks
DeploymentTime
Security
Web Access
Customization
FutureDevelopment
Read more about things to consider when choosing Software
as a Service!
