QAD is a leading provider of enterprise applications for several thousand global manufacturing companies specializing in automotive, consumer products, electronics, food and beverage, industrial, and life sciences products. QAD Enterprise Applications On Demand, which provides the same functionality and user experience as its flagship on-premise counterpart QAD Enterprise Applications suite, has been a growth engine for the vendor as of late. As a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering, QAD On Demand offers benefits to customers via automatic upgrades and rapid implementation, per-user pricing, and global accessibility.

Information technology (IT) departments in organizations worldwide are recognizing the benefits of having QAD manage application support, server hardware, systems administration, database administration, upgrade planning, first-line user support, disaster recovery, usage, and analysis reporting on their behalf. QAD finds the following mix of companies going with QAD On Demand thus far: Read the rest of this entry »