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New Year and New Gadgets Bring Out The Best In SaaS

January 15th, 2015 - Posted by Jamie Thomson, Managing Director

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At this time of year many of us have grabbed a bargain pc in the Black Friday sales or received a new device as a gift for Christmas. According to analyst Gartner global pc shipments reached 83.7 million in Q4 of 2014 (with the total for the year estimated at a staggering 315.8 million). Once you have unboxed your new machine and logged in there is a fair amount of setting up to do before it is ready to meet your every day needs. This might require data migration and re-installation of all the different bits of software: web browsers, messaging apps, compression utilities, media players, imaging software, desktop publishing packages, office suites, cloud storage clients, the list goes on and if you are in this situation you might want to look up a site that makes this process a lot simpler called ninite.

If on the other hand if you are using software as a service (SaaS) such as RedTie's Web to Print solutions you can bypass all the issues associated with software and data migration. When you boot up your new device just open your browser, login to RedTie and you are up and running, no hassle, nothing to install, nothing you forgot to move across from your old device.

The other potential problem with new gadgets is compatibility, maybe you changed from mac to pc or vice versa. The software you used before won't work on the new platform so you either have to buy a new version or switch to a different product. If you were using Flash based apps or websites and have now switched to an Apple or Android product those apps will no longer be accessible because Flash player is not supported by Apple or Android. Because RedTie does not use Adobe Flash player there are no such compatibility concerns. RedTie solutions are compatible with pc, mac, tablet and phone and although editing documents on a small screen may present a challenge in itself, you can still do it if you want to.

More and more businesses are moving to hosted software solutions because of the many benefits:

  • always up to date

  • always available

  • no compatibility issues

  • no continuity issues

  • no hardware infrastructure requirements

to name a few.

If you are looking for an easy way to set up individually branded online storefronts that can be configured and accessed from any device then get in touch through our contact form or give us a call.