Provide an overview about Software as a Service (SaaS) in general. • Outline
Scheidt & Bachmann's approach to SaaS. • Identifying the strategy of Airports in ...
Parking and leisure centre systems
Airport Parking Management with Software as a Service (SaaS) An alternative to traditional IT strategies? Martin Hughes, Managing Director Scheidt & Bachmann UK Thomas Wallraven, Head of Sales Division Salvador Rios, Sales Manager www.scheidt-bachmann.com
Objectives of the workshop • Provide an overview about Software as a Service (SaaS) in general • Outline Scheidt & Bachmann’s approach to SaaS • Identifying the strategy of Airports in regard to SaaS
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Contents • Objectives of the workshop • SaaS - Software as a service • Developments in parking • entervo today • entervo tomorrow • S&B’s approach to SaaS • Differentiation target groups & implementation strategies
Software as a Service (SaaS) Definition and characteristics
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Definition of SaaS • Running your software out of a cloud or “On demand software” • Software and its associated data are hosted centrally • Access using a web browser over the Internet
• Concept dates back to the 1960s from centralized hosting of business applications for computing power and database storage • 1990s brought Application Service Providers (ASP), hosting and managing specialized business applications
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Main characteristics • Managing and hosting third-party independent software and own software • Predominantly web-based solutions, only require an internet browser, location- and time-independent use
SaaS opportunities for car parking • Highly available IT infrastructure • Outsourcing of IT relevant tasks like maintenance, OS updates, backups • Centralized and always up to date infrastructure • Shift of responsibilities (IT hardware) to a service provider
• Low investment costs, no need for special on site infrastructure such as server rooms, etc. • Software maintenance, benefit from latest entervo software versions • Benefit from faster project implementation / easier extensions www.scheidt-bachmann.com
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Developments in Parking Traditional approach
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Case Study Zaventem Airport (traditional) • Characteristics – Physical servers in each car park – Native PMS installations