Daniel Warren, commercial director of PureNet, explains why this is a big deal for companies who want to have sophisticated online capabilities when it comes to customer relationship management, online e-commerce, order management, fulfilment management, etc., but don’t want the hassle and outlay that major companies traditionally have taken onboard.

“We believe we are the first web solutions specialist in Yorkshire to provide the Software as a Service (SaaS) model that is being heavily supported by Microsoft. PureNet has identified SaaS as a niche with huge potential for growing business in a range of sectors and we have partnered with one of the UK’s leading hosting providers 7global to deliver our solution.

“The range of benefits for companies that effectively rent software that is native to the web are both financial and technical. Here are the main points:

    - Lower start-up costs and less burden on cash flow
    - End-to-end support including assistance developing e-commerce business processes

      and defining logistics and fulfillment requirements
    - Integration with back-office systems
    - Scalable framework platform using the latest Microsoft technology
    - Future protection because the latest software version is always available
    - Access away from the office
    - Unlimited help desk
    - Quality of service guarantees
    - Robust hosting platform
    - Multi-channel strategy support
    - No hidden costs

PureNet has developed an ‘all-in-one’ solution using the SaaS model for defining, developing, integrating, deploying, managing, promoting and hosting e-commerce solutions, based on a fixed monthly price.

“We start at a basic level providing an e-commerce readiness assessment and work out how the software can be integrated into a client’s existing ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and retail management systems. We develop the solution using our WebPOS framework a set of integrated products that deliver scalability and flexibility to suit the client’s requirements.

“All this is underpinned with comprehensive training for customers, our hosting service and unflinching commitment to customer support,” said Daniel.