CIO's Find Help on the Outside

CIO's are struggling with tight budget and tall orders. Most innovative executives are finding creative ways to do more with less $$. Software-as-a-service (or SAAS) can help in that regards, the vendors who provide these services can cut your costs, expedite your implementations time, and have your up and running in no time. You're IT dept can't compete with the vendor's resources and specialized expertise, after all that's all they do - provide software as a service. However every CIO must appraoch with caution, there are service level agreements and contractual pitfalls that must be navigated carefully otherwize the deal may go sour. Security risks and data privacy is another area of caution with outside vendors, the bottom line is "proceed with caution and excercise due dilligence".