Comments on: Saas As A Greener Alternative? http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/06/27/saas-as-a-greener-alternative/ TechCrunching the Enterprise Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:04:28 -0700 hourly 1 By: Rebecca http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/06/27/saas-as-a-greener-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Rebecca Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:08:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=74#comment-282 Technology has taken the business world a long way. Brick N Click for eBay from MTI is an excellent example of how SaaS applications have been decreasing greenhouse emissions. This technology provides an online retail solution that provides 3 online eBay based sales channels, which decreases the amount of travelling and labor that both customer and store owner have to do. You should take their webinar to find out more about their technology (http://www.mtiretail.com/BrickNClick.cfm?PgID=1) or visit their page about their SaaS technology and its benefits (http://www.mtiretail.com/SaaS_Info.cfm). Technology has taken the business world a long way. Brick N Click for eBay from MTI is an excellent example of how SaaS applications have been decreasing greenhouse emissions. This technology provides an online retail solution that provides 3 online eBay based sales channels, which decreases the amount of travelling and labor that both customer and store owner have to do. You should take their webinar to find out more about their technology (http://www.mtiretail.com/BrickNClick.cfm?PgID=1) or visit their page about their SaaS technology and its benefits (http://www.mtiretail.com/SaaS_Info.cfm).

]]> By: Bill Roberts http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/06/27/saas-as-a-greener-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Bill Roberts Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:43:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=74#comment-267 It's very interesting to see some hard numbers for the potential savings you can get from using good collaboration software to cut down on travel. I don't think you can entirely remove the need to meet people face to face, as a personal meeting is still the best way to get to know the people you are working with: but good collaboration software can certainly mean that you don't need to get together so often. And anyone who has spent too much time in airports on the way to and from business meetings will be glad of that. I think there's also a big efficiency/effectiveness benefit to be gained in better collaboration amongst people in the same place, but that's probably harder to quantify. (Further discussion <a href="http://blog.swirrl.com/articles/2008/06/30/flash-i-love-you-but-we-only-have-14-hours-to-save-the-earth" rel="nofollow"> on our blog</a>). It’s very interesting to see some hard numbers for the potential savings you can get from using good collaboration software to cut down on travel.

I don’t think you can entirely remove the need to meet people face to face, as a personal meeting is still the best way to get to know the people you are working with: but good collaboration software can certainly mean that you don’t need to get together so often. And anyone who has spent too much time in airports on the way to and from business meetings will be glad of that.

I think there’s also a big efficiency/effectiveness benefit to be gained in better collaboration amongst people in the same place, but that’s probably harder to quantify.

(Further discussion on our blog).

]]> By: Kevin Doherty http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/06/27/saas-as-a-greener-alternative/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Kevin Doherty Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:39:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunchit.com/?p=74#comment-153 Our model has been, in large part, modeled around this very idea... headquartered in Hawaii where gas, traffic, office space, and parking are problems. We offer an entire suite of SaaS business applications that are designed to provide the exact same functionality that you could receive if at the office, and are now offering it world-wide. Our suite includes document collaboration, project management, task collaboration, resource management, timesheet, email, instant messenger, mobile, and web conferencing. All of which is designed to enable today's knowledge workers. Kevin Doherty Phase 2 International Our model has been, in large part, modeled around this very idea… headquartered in Hawaii where gas, traffic, office space, and parking are problems. We offer an entire suite of SaaS business applications that are designed to provide the exact same functionality that you could receive if at the office, and are now offering it world-wide. Our suite includes document collaboration, project management, task collaboration, resource management, timesheet, email, instant messenger, mobile, and web conferencing.

All of which is designed to enable today’s knowledge workers.

Kevin Doherty
Phase 2 International

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