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When deciding whether or not a company should implement a conventional ERP or CRM

system verses a cloud-based version, they need to take several factors into account. They must

think about the three parts of information systems: management, organization and technology.

As far as management is concerned, they want to find the system that will best accommodate all

of their employees. They also want to find a system that they deem to be as secure as possible.

Cloud computing systems have the stereotype of not being quite as secure as other systems, and

that is something that management will take into account. One of the biggest organization related issues that will have to be addressed is which company to hire. Many of the conventional ERP

and CRM providers have been around for substantially longer than those working with cloudcomputing. They are far more proven organizations than those of the newer cloud-computing

companies and therefore are more trustworthy, especially in the long-term. One of the problems

mentioned earlier with cloud-computing is companies not knowing whether or not that company

will still be in business in a few years. That remains a worry when picking an organization.

Technology is one aspect where cloud-computing will have an edge right now. The technology

that goes into cloud-computing is more advanced and far newer. When all of a company's

information is within 'the cloud', it helps to save not only money, but time. There is also more

advanced technology that goes into setting up a cloud system, compared to a conventional one.

This makes a cloud-based system a lot cheaper to install, making it more appealing to smaller

companies.