Archie Black - In 2005, the growth of Software-as-a-Service led many organizations to...

In 2005, the growth of Software-as-a-Service led many organizations to ask themselves three questions - Is EDI our core competency? Is my internal EDI system reliable? Is it cheaper to have an in-house EDI application or a hosted service? When weighing the opportunity cost of using company resources to manage EDI instead of other revenue-generating activities, the need to mitigate the risks of EDI staff turnover and system upgrades, and the costs of maintaining an internal system, thousands of organizations demonstrated they were ready for hosted EDI services, the alternative to EDI software. In 2005, we saw SPS' customers and transactions grow like never before, and are bullish about our growth in 2006.