"But it seems to me "lots of TPs, regular new partners and frequent mapping" is exactly the situation for in-house hardware, software and people."
I noted they were in Silicon Valley. Resouces (head count) are not cheap. As we move toward cloud computing owning applications will become more difficult to justify. CapEx vs OpEx - OpEx is easier on the budget thus easier to get approved. The next cost is the head count to support the solution you are using wherever it sits. There are many arguements for either model it comes down to what fits your business best. Regards, james -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [EDI-L] In house vs. hosted EDI providers [SALES] From: "Michael Mattias/LS" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, August 20, 2010 11:26 pm To: "EDI-L" <[email protected]> > I work for Seeburger, bias declared. :-) > > > Lots of TP's, regular mapping and / or partner changes requires more > resources, outsource may have a better ROI. Hmm.... First off, bias declared: I *am* an outsource ..... But it seems to me "lots of TPs, regular new partners and frequent mapping" is exactly the situation for in-house hardware, software and people. I think it more likely you can justify the investment in in-house systems and personnel at "high volume" and using an outsource makes more economic sense at low volume. After all, why invest in something you are not going to utilize all that much? Long term, the most expensive component is people; perhaps that is why I can earn a living. All my clients have inhouse hardware and software, but call me to do anything other than (very) routine maintenance. Oh, well, I guess that's why they *don't* play the games 'on paper'...... Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
