Frequently Asked Questions

Entry.com is available to run in your datacenter. Once you have configured and tested your installation in our hosted environment we are able to restore the SQL database to your own environment. We can even maintain a warm back-up for your disaster recovery, and a staging environment for your change management requirements.

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You buy a subscription to use our service, and all you need to do is login using a browser. As organizations realize the benefits of the On-Demand SaaS delivery model, today’s leading companies are trading in their unused shelfware for high-value Software-as-a-Service. Here are some reasons why:

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Upfront Expenses Maintenance Costs Deployment Costs Training Costs Support Costs Risk Time to value Reliance on IT	Business Flexibility Usability Access Agility Adoption Rates Support Services Return on Investment Satisfaction

Unparalleled time to value

Entry.com minimizes the risk involved in implementing a business application by eliminating the need for up-front capital investment, making the path to on-Demand work management exceptionally short. Entry.com implementations usually take less than a week, compared to several months or longer with client/server software. On-demand deployments are 50 to 90 percent faster, with a total cost of ownership five to ten times less than installed software.

Less expensive initially and in the long run.

It’s easy to see why an On-Demand solution is much less expensive initially. There is no hardware to purchase, scale, and maintain, no operating systems, database servers, or application servers to install, no consultants and staff to manage it all, and no need for periodic upgrades. Even more important, however, are the long-term savings. Gartner estimates that two thirds of IT time and budgets is spent on maintaining infrastructure and dealing with updates. That’s a thing of the past with the on-demand model.

On-demand deployments also have fewer hidden costs. A fully-loaded, five-year total cost of ownership (TCO) study for a 50-seat project considered several often hidden cost factors, ranging from needs analyses to internal downtime. This study showed the TCO of a premise-based solution to be 2.5 times as high as that of an on-demand solution.

Easy upgrades

Customers of on-demand applications benefit from instant deployment of new versions, which means the entire customer base is always on the latest version. Since customizations and integrations are maintained through upgrades, change management discussions can focus on taking immediate advantage of the new features and innovations available with each release.

Better service delivery

Due to the on-demand model's tremendous economies of scale, Entry.com can provide higher service levels than the vast majority of companies can achieve on their own. We use the best technologies, policies, and procedures to ensure security at the facilities, application, and network level; to ensure maximum uptime and continuous availability.

Better scalability

Successful businesses are continually changing and growing: Employee growth, transaction growth, the launching of new products and services, mergers and acquisitions, or any number of business events can dramatically and suddenly alter business needs. Solutions from large enterprise software vendors are expensive to scale because of the complexity and cost of scaling each layer of the hardware and software stacks, which often require difficult system replacements and data migrations. Customer-developed systems are similarly difficult to scale because of such infrastructure issues and changing or unforeseen business requirements. Thanks to multitenancy, Entry.com’s platform can grow, scale, and adapt with your changing business.

Users are more satisfied and productive

A major reason on-premise deployments often fail is because of low user adoption—data that’s cluttered or difficult to get to quickly results in user resistance. Entry.com’s easy-to-use interface has resulted in the highest user adoption rates in the industry.

Easier for administrators

Administrators can tailor processes and define how data is viewed for different departments and work groups, while ensuring that users can access only that data for which they are authorized. Entry.com’s ease of use extends to its administration functions including permissions and security.

Because IT should be strategic, not tactical. Organizations of all sizes, that are increasingly asked to do more with less, are realizing the value of the on-demand model for business applications. On-demand is the cure to many of the IT headaches associated with the traditional on-premise software model. With no software or hardware to buy, install, maintain, or upgrade, the popularity of on-demand continues to grow.

The On-Demand SaaS model is rapidly overtaking traditional software deployments. In fact, a recent Nucleus Research study noted that SaaS Project Management would surpass CRM as the top Software as a Service sector with 23% of business looking to adopt SaaS Project Management by 2010.

Entry.com is the most functional On-Demand project management software available today – Gantt Charts, Resource Allocation, Time Tracking, and Portfolio Reporting are all rich standard features. We have no limits on the number of projects or the levels of hierarchy available to you as a Project Manager.

Entry.com ships with a built in Google Applications integration, giving you instant access to gmail accounts for your help desk.

You just need access to the internet. Entry.com On Demand uses the best hosting facility in North America, with guaranteed 24X7 access and support.

The Entry.com service is hosted by OpSource in Tier-1 facilities with industry leading security and data handling practices. Click here for more information.