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SaaS for Dummies: A business managers guide to Software as a ServiceSaaS For Dummies has been written in partnership with Oracle to help you the business manager get

your head in the cloud. Download the eBook to familiarize yourself with the many related buzzwords

and acronyms, and start to get a feel for the place you’ll want to be in the digital world.

You’ll learn about the technology choices that are increasingly in your hands as a business leader and

you’ll be able to get up to speed on what the cloud can do for your business.

A Comprehensive Guide to SaaS.

Get Your Head in the Cloud

Key Questions: How can SaaS help me innovate faster? What questions should I be asking potential SaaS providers?

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SaaS and the Digital Business The digital age has arrived and new technologies are affecting every aspect of business, whether it’s

your operations, customer interactions, or hiring policies. There’s no point swimming against the tide

when faced with a tsunami of new possibilities— to be a successful business in today’s world you must

be a digital business.

But digital businesses face a huge range of challenges. Your customers want more interactions

and options from you than ever before, along with more personalized levels of service. Your

employees want technology that makes their working lives easier, including real-time information

and the analytical tools needed to act on it. And you, as a business leader, want to drive innovation,

collaborate better, and bring new and exciting services to market more quickly. How do you do this?

Well, just as today’s digital world creates these demands, cloud technology provides the tools needed

for you to meet them successfully.

What else? What else you should consider when evaluating SaaS? Read SaaS for Dummies to find out.

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The Path to SaaSThis guide also explores the questions you’ll need to ponder as you develop your cloud strategy.

How can you be confident that what’s right for you today will still be right tomorrow?

Should you start small and build up, or go all in, all at once? Can the cloud really give you the ability

to find or create the solution that truly matches your own unique needs?

How can you sell leaders on making a cloud investment? There are three things you should

think about - Personalizing the experience, getting fully connected and keeping everything secure.

Making a Business Case for the CloudSo, you’ve decided to take advantage of the cloud. But how do you convince the money men that

it’s a sound investment? One of the most commonly referenced benefits is the ability to turn capital

expenditure into operational expenditure. Although this is true—and a huge plus for those doing the

books—there are many more positives to bear in mind.

Line Of Business Benefits The benefits of the right cloud solution extend to every line of business in your organization.

Here are just a few examples:

Sales and Marketing

• Provide sales teams with access to all the

information they need and the right tools

to act on it, from any device

• Track trends in real-time to improve

decision-making and sales processes

• Predict customer behaviour and identify

up-sell and cross-sell opportunities early

Customer Service

• Free up service agents by allowing

customers anytime, anywhere access

to self-service capabilities from any device

• Unite customer service touchpoints to create

a consistent, multichannel service experience

• Underpin all contact channels with a central

knowledge base that can be accessed by

everyone at all times

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Recruitment and HR

• Simplify recruitment and onboarding

with intuitive applications and

mobile connections

• Improve collaboration with

shared knowledge and

seamless social capabilities

• Allow access to critical

information from anywhere

and from any device

Finance

• Improve collaboration and productivity,

freeing time for essential data analysis

and reducing costs

• Gain a consolidated view of risk to ensure

you spend less time reacting and more time

proactively managing risk

• Provide 24/7 insight to everyone,

everywhere to enable proactive,

data-driven decision-making

Still not sure if the cloud is for you? Learn everything you need to know about SaaS with our comprehensive SaaS For Dummies guide. You will learn:

+ What all those cloud buzzwords and acronyms really mean

+ How the digital world has transformed business—and how SaaS can help you adapt

+ The new responsibilities of each LOB, and how SaaS can benefit each one

+ The most important things to consider when evaluating SaaS

+ Ten things you need to know about the cloud

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