Cloud Retailing – LS Retail as a ServiceSaaSplaza and LS Retail offers a complete Microsoft Dynamics NAV
based retail solution for the retail and hospitality industries
Why use LS Retail as a Service?Pain: Many retailers have no funding for new IT projects.
Solution: A monthly pay-as-you-go approach allows retailers
to use operational expense budgets versus capital expense.
Using Microsoft Dynamics NAV and LS Retail on the SaaS open
platform saves retailers expensive capital infrastructure
investment and allows them to be up-and-running faster.
Pain: Retailers are facing declining IT budgets.
Solution: With LS Retail as a Service, customers pay only for
what they need and avoid large up-front investment in
infrastructure.
Pain: Retailers have no resources for IT management.
Solution: The experienced hosting personnel and SAS 70
Type II Certified Data Centres of SaaSplaza assist LS Retail
partners, so that retailers need no extra staff and do not have
to plan for in-house resources.
Pain: Retailers need to focus on their core business, not IT.
Solution: SaaSplaza offers to host LS Retail on their highly
reliable world-class platform for deployment, taking away the
burden of managing infrastructure and technology so that
retailers can focus on their core business of servicing customers.
Pain: Customers have geographically different locations and
need integration.
Solution: With LS Retail as a Service, different locations can
integrate seamlessly online with no question about
responsibilities, doubled management costs, infrastructure or
data security.
Microsoft Dynamics, LS Retail and SaaSplaza - A match made in heaven
Over 1600 retailers have installed LS Retail solutions licensed through the global network of certified LS
Retail Partners. Now SaaSplaza and LS Retail are enabling the LS Retail partners to offer Microsoft
Dynamics and LS Retail as a service - SaaS.
CLOUD RETAILING – LS RETAIL AS A SERVICE
Advantages of Retail as a Service
By implementing Microsoft Dynamics and LS Retail as
a service, you can benefit in several ways and have the
opportunity to expand your business.
CLOUD RETAILING – LS RETAIL AS A SERVICE
The SaaSplaza and LS Retail offer includes:
Microsoft Dynamics NAV licenses (SPLA)*•
LS Retail NAV licenses•
All Microsoft base licenses (Windows Server, •Terminal Server, SQL Server)
Customer management control panel•
Month-to-month contract term•
Adjustable number of users/POS per month •
SAS70 type II certified data center•
365/24/7 support•
Benefits of LS Retail as a Service
* LS Retail partner gets the SPLA revenue recognition for Dynamics NAV.
Available extensions:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM•
Hosted Exchange•
Hosted Office•
Integration with SharePoint Server and WSS•
Many Dynamics ISVs offering Microsoft •Dynamics CRM
Major benefit of LS Retail as a Service:
Minimize risk of software acquisition•
Minimal investment in standard solution trial•
No up-front license costs•
Reduced capital binding•
Predictable costs•
Flexibility to adjust IT use to short term •fluctuations in business
No need to purchase software for peak business •(Christmas, New Year, Valentines, Sales)
The POS can run off-line, so when the Internet •connection fails, the business can continue
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About LS Retail
LS Retail is a global supplier of software solutions and
services for the retail and hospitality industries.
LS Retail is sold and supported by more than 120
certified partners in over 60 countries that share our
commitment to lasting customer relationships, which
makes it possible to deploy LS Retail on a worldwide
scale. LS Retail is currently represented in most
European countries, Russia, USA, Middle East, Africa,
Australia and Asia.
LS Retail has been sold to 130 countries and is used by
more than 1.600 companies, operating over 28.000
stores and over 63.000 POS terminals worldwide.
Among many satisfied users of our solutions are:
adidas, IKEA, Rustan Coffee (operator of Starbucks in
the Philippines), JSC BNS Group (MEXX, Calvin Klein,
Pinko, etc.), Kiddicare UK, Dobbies Garden Centres,
Pizza Hut, Engrotuš Slovenia, Blue Mountain Resorts,
Devyani International (DIL), aswaaq, Uninor, Parken
Stadium, Café Paris, Cili Pizza, Mols-Line ferries, Gallo
Retail, Inc., Bodycare International, APC Japan, Baltika
Group, Cili Pizza, Elie Saab, and many more.
About SaaSplaza
SaaSplaza is an open independent SaaS platform for
software suppliers and their implementation partners
for the supply of Software-as-a-Service to their
customers. SaaSplaza is 100% dedicated to serve ISV’s
and their Partners respecting their unique added value
and together offer competitive SaaS solutions to the
market.
SaaSplaza has an over 10 year track record in providing
‘best of breed’ applications as SaaS to large
international organizations and to local stores. In all
cases, customers rely on a Service Provider to take care
of their data through business critical applications.
Therefore SaaSplaza sees compliance as an essential
part of its corporate culture. We guarantee our ISVs,
Partners and their customers the highest possible
assurance in terms of availability, reliability and security,
confirmed by a yearly SAS 70 Type II certification.
SaaSplaza is a private company, financial healthy with
strong shareholders, a seasoned management team
and a committed team of professionals. SaaSplaza has
its European HQ is in Amstelveen, the Netherlands
and a support office in Munich Germany. Its US HQ is
based in San Diego, CA.
LS Retail and SaaSplaza – Reaching Beyond the Horizon
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