FEATURE
It is great to have
cloud deployable
products but
what happens if
you ever
decide not to and
you want to pull
back
is an indication that there is no turning
back now for this ERP vendor.
In addition to these business benefits,
the economic case for cloud computing is
compelling. Reducing and in some cases
eliminating the initial capital investment
in software, hardware, and supporting
infrastructure is widely seen as reducing
the total cost of ownership for customers.
Indeed, one estimate reported that cloudbased ERP solutions can costs 50% less
than on premises ERP solutions over a
typical life-cycle. Beyond the TCO, many
Epicor ERP customers deploying in the
cloud report faster time to value through
rapid deployment of the application,
and appreciate the predictable, regular
monthly subscription pricing—typically
expensed rather than capitalized as is
the generally accepted practice for on
premises deployments.
Despite the growing popularity of
cloud deployment models in the last
decade, the right deployment model
for any given customer still requires
thought and consideration. Many of
Epicor customers have chosen to deploy
Epicor ERP in multi-tenant SaaS model,
many others in single-tenant SaaS
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model. Yet there are customers who
have compelling business or technical
reasons to opt for an on premises
deployment model. Indeed, because
Epicor ERP is the exact same solution
deployed at a customer’s site as it
is in the cloud, it provides absolute
freedom of choice when it comes to the
deployment model. Epicor’s best advice
to customers considering deploying
in the cloud or on premises is to not
surrender to a single option vendor.
Epicor ERP allows customers to easily
migrate between cloud deployed
systems and on premises licensed
deployments with no impact on end-user
efficiency. Indeed, most customers are
entirely unaware of the physical location
of their application and data, before or
after a move to or from the cloud. The
important lesson here for customers who
are making a decision between cloud
and on premises is that the best answer
is both. Future proof your decisions by
ensuring that as your needs change,
you are able to easily migrate to the
cloud, and perhaps back again. Finally,
it is worth mentioning that with Epicor
ERP deployed under a single or multi-
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