Pluggd.in is a blog about startups, entrepreneurship and tech in the Indian sector. Sahil recently contributed a guest post on common SaaS myths and ways to overcome them.

Using online software to increase productivity and grow your business is a no brainer. I can’t imagine why any small business would not readily adopt SaaS. What’s holding them back (besides poor bandwidth penetration in some areas) when they can pay a monthly subscription, not have to worry about installation, upgrades and have access to the same tools that their competitors have? This is close to having ’software utopia’ for the small business!

Lets go back in time….

- People might not have been prepared to put their money with other people’s money when banking was established. Banking and online banking is mainstream now.

- People were probably afraid to get on an aircraft which weighed a few tones and promised to soar like a bird. Today, air travel is a given.

Back to the present.

Currently, we are witnessing one of the biggest shifts in enterprise software (software used for business) and as everything else, it comes with it’s own set of myths, mindsets and confusion. Here are a few I have experienced over the last few years from people who are still not ready to adopt online software for their business.

“My data is more secure with me than putting it on someone else’s server”

Your data is more secure at your vendor’s data center than your own internal network. Security is more than just about taking daily backups, maintaining uptime and setting up a firewall. It’s about password policies, encryption, intrusion detection, offsite backups, secure transmission, software updates, patching etc. If hosting or maintaining servers is not your core business then you are better off renting out software from a reputed vendor who understands all these things. This will ensure peace of mind in the long run.

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DeskAway just got featured on Technofirst Online, the online counterpart of the Technofirst Magazine, which is available across 4 locations in India.

Currently one of the best positioned (price, support, features) in the small business online project collaboration market worldwide. DeskAway combines a mix of simplicity, feature-richness and affordability into its project collaboration service with a focus on key social features in the SMB project 2.0 space

They have also interviewed Sahil, DeskAway’s founder and CEO. Read More.

Thanks Shibi and Technofirst team!

Yesterday DeskAway got featured on one of our user’s blogs where he listed 7 web apps he cannot live without. Always glad to get such reviews!

I have to admit, I was a faithful Basecamp user for about 4 years. In my opinion it offered the best web project management solution on the web. After reading many reviews and testing many online project management services I decided on Deskaway and I am very happy with their customer service and prices and feature set. I can manage multiple projects and training my client to use it has been very easy. Read More

Thanks Chip!

Workplace collaboration isn’t just for geographically dispersed companies that need to bridge the barriers of time and space. Any enterprise, no matter how small, can benefit from drawing on the collective wisdom of its own crowd. Read More.

Digital Media Buzz a blog for digital media users reviewed DeskAway last week. Thanks DMB team!

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