SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

SaaS Solutions On-Demand

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a new software delivery model that allows companies to reap the benefits of enterprise class software without the burden of supporting traditional ERP solutions. With Workday, customers appreciate several key advantages from the SaaS delivery model.

No hardware, middleware, or software to install and maintain

As a SaaS provider, Workday is responsible for providing the hardware and middleware, installing it, maintaining it, and ensuring uptime. Save money, reduce headaches, and rest easy knowing that Workday is diligently monitoring your systems for you.

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Configurability vs. customization

Companies change. Business needs change. Reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, new regulations and new accounting rules affect companies every day. Traditional ERP can't support the natural pace of business and evolve along with your company. Workday can.

Workday SaaS solutions are designed to offer companies configuration options to meet the needs of their particular business. This approach allows Workday to support these options going forward, even as new releases are launched, and allows customers to adjust their configurations as business needs change. Traditional ERP systems typically require code-level customizations during implementation. Once these customizations are set, upgrades become risky and expensive. Configuration is a better option for fast-paced companies that need their systems to keep pace with their business.

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Faster deployments and seamless updates

Gone are the elongated implementation and re-implementation cycles of the past. Thanks to Workday's approach of configuration, not customization, you can be up and running in weeks -- not the standard months or even years you may be used to with on-premise ERP applications.

With traditional on-premise ERP applications, companies were forced to upgrade their HR software on their own dime, often falling drastically behind release schedules. With Workday's software-as-a-service solutions, all HRIS system updates and upgrades are made on an ongoing basis, which means our customers are always on the most current version of our SaaS service. When your company chooses Workday, IT resources can be redeployed to focus on business innovation and value rather than customization and maintenance.

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Global accessibility and improved user experience

Are employees actually using your current application? Getting employees to use an application is essential to increasing productivity and maximizing your investment. When employees are unable or refuse to use an application, time and resources go to waste. Workday is intuitive and simple to understand, which leads to quick adoption by employees and productivity gains throughout your company.

As a web application, Workday is accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. Workday offers local language support in the 55+ countries in which it operates, so workers around the world can use the system in their native language. Workday is also able to take advantage of the latest trends in web design, so even the most novice users can get around the application with ease.

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