The CTRM Blog

CommodityPoint will shortly issue a new free report on Non-Traditional Delivery Methods for CTRM Software and this article provides a snapshot of some of the findings of the study. The study was kindly sponsored by Aspect Enterprise, Allegro Development, IHS, OATI, Navita and SolArc. The full and complete report will be available for download on the UtiliPoint International website and CTRM Blog by the end of July.

Software as a Service, hosting and leasing are all alternative methods for delivery of CTRM software and they seem to be growing in popularity in many segments of the industry. Indeed, our study indicates that these delivery methods are already more widespread than at first we thought and are set to grow rapidly over the coming years.

CommodityPoint is conducting research into alternative delivery mechanisms for CTRM software such as SaaS and hosted, for example, to determine the trends and establish some benchmark data around SaaS, hosted and other delivery models.

Recent CommodityPoint research and vendor and end user briefings suggests that alternative delivery models for CTRM seem to be catching on as a trend in the industry—specifically SaaS and hosted models. Included in this study: