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Experts see more SaaS users in 2013

<p class&equals;"p&lowbar;center p&lowbar;italic" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Cloud solutions to reduce costs while increasing performance<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Manila&comma; Philippines&rpar; – At least 75&percnt; of customer service centers will use some form of SaaS application as a part of their call center solution by 2013 because cloud-based services guarantee less total cost of ownership &lpar;TCO&rpar;&comma; limited capital expense&comma; and easier deployment&comma; compared with on-premises solutions&comma; according to Gartner analysts&period;<&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>inContact&comma; leading SaaS provider to Philippine call centers&comma; explained TCO as &&num;8220&semi;total cost of up-front capital expenses&comma; internal IT maintenance&sol;support staff&comma; and frequent upgrades to support critical advances in contact handling and workforce optimization&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;TCO include hardware and software capital investment&comma; installation&comma; training&comma; repairs&comma; downtime&comma; technical support&comma; and upgrades&period; With SaaS&comma; companies will no longer need maintenance&comma; support&comma; and upgrade costs that come with premises-based software&comma;&&num;8221&semi; inContact country manager Junie Pama said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>SaaS has been in use for over a decade&period; However&comma; companies have traditionally been reluctant to migrate to SaaS due to security concerns&comma; regulatory compliance&comma; stability and reliability issues&comma; lack of industry-specific customization&comma; and resistance from internal IT staff&comma; according to Pama&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was only recently that SaaS adoption became widespread&period; &&num;8220&semi;Companies were previously not ready&comma; as the cloud concept is still young&period; But now&comma; with the success of various internet-based services and the unforeseen benefits of web applications&comma; many are now moving to the cloud&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Pama said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; call center executives and managers seriously considering migrating from traditional software to a SaaS solution need to find service providers that can deliver customized solutions fit for their specific needs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;To find the right solution&comma; business decision makers should consider providers with a proven track record&comma; complete solutions&comma; full integration&comma; flexibility&comma; and financial stability&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Pama said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the Philippines overtaking India as in terms of call center seats&comma; inContact strives to bring highly efficient and reliable SaaS solutions to IT and BPO companies in the country&period; The company launched the expansion of its services in the Philippines last year to support the country&&num;8217&semi;s IT and BPO industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>About inContact<&sol;b><br &sol;>&NewLine;inContact &lpar;NASDAQ&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;finance&period;yahoo&period;com&sol;q&quest;s&equals;SAAS" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">SAAS<&sol;a>&rpar; helps call centers around the globe create profitable customer experiences through its powerful portfolio of cloud-based <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;incontact&period;com&sol;products-solutions&sol;call-center-software-solution" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">call center software solutions<&sol;a>&period; The company&&num;8217&semi;s services and solutions enable call centers to operate more efficiently&comma; optimize the cost and quality of every customer interaction&comma; create new pathways to profit and ensure ongoing customer-centric business improvement and growth&period; To learn more&comma; visit <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;incontact&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">www&period;inContact&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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