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Traditionally, CTRM software has been delivered via a licensing arrangement where the software is installed at the user’s site. Implementations are long, expensive and quite risky. CommodityPoint data suggests that CTRM implementationscosts range from one to three times the cost of the software licenses and a fair proportion of projects end with a suboptimal result or a failed implementation.

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:

We have a full research calendar for 2010 and we are about to commence the first two research studies for 2010. These two studies are the Non-Energy Vendor Perception Study and the Non-traditional Delivery Models for CTRM – SaaS and Hosted Solutions Study.

Non-traditional Delivery Models for CTRM – SaaS and Hosted Solutions Study

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. This study will be designed to look into these trends and establish some benchmark data around SaaS, hosted and other deliver models including;