Software as a service

Gartner reports that Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenues from the enterprise application market increased 14.1 percent in 2010 compared to 2009. IDC forecasts the SaaS market to reach $40.5 billion by 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate of 25.3%.

By 2012, nearly 85% of new software firms coming to market will be built around SaaS service composition and delivery; by 2014, about 65% of new products from established software vendors will be delivered as SaaS services
SaaS-derived revenue will account for nearly 26% of net new growth in the software market in 2014.
Traditional packaged software and perpetual license revenue are in decline and IDC predicts that a software industry shift toward subscription models will result in a nearly $7 billion decline in worldwide license revenue in 2010. As a result, a permanent change in software licensing regime will occur.

We are convinced that the vast majority of business software will be delivered as a web based service in the next few years. Based on that belief, Thrive Technologies has become the leader in providing inventory forecasting and replenishment software as a web based service. The benefits of this new way of using software are dramatic and real:

	Thrive	Traditional Software Vendor
Time to Deploy	1 day	30 - 60 days
Implementation Time	30 days	6 - 9 months
No Hardware and Software		Min $10k server investment
No Maintenance Required		Min $20k annual investment
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Faster Lower Risk Implementation

Gone are the days of huge upfront software license fees and year long implementations. Talk about a leap of faith! If you have never experienced a failed software implementation, you surely have heard of some of the expensive failures. Because Thrive delivers its software as a service, you can be up and running in a matter of days. We already have your server ready with the database and the Thrive application installed; we just need your data.

Reliability and Security

Our servers are hosted in a state-of-the-art data center which features redundant power, a secure high speed connection to the internet, and a high-performance switched network. Our servers are protected with:

Card Controlled Access
Locked cages with top of the line rackmount servers
RAID drives to provide redundancy of hard drive failure
Automated nightly backups onto a backup server
Video Surveillance
Climate Controlled rooms to maximize server longevity and performance
Diesel Generator Power Back-up with UPS and Redundant Power Feeds
24/7 Monitoring
All Cisco Networks

Web Based

Users access Thrive through their Internet Explorer browser. There is NO client software needed for users. Users log on with their passwords and securely access their private data. Our intuitive web based system requires less training time for our users, and increases customer satisfaction.

Pay as You Go

All upgrades, application maintenance, server and database maintenance, internet connectivity, and phone support is provided by Thrive as part of the monthly fee.

Built in Scalability

Thrive leverages the power of today's powerful servers. Thrive's software leverages today's incredible low cost server computing speed to rapidly perform over 50 analyses on each of your SKU/locations. Our low cost of ownership provides the fastest return on investment for our customers.