Software as a Service, which is part of the nomenclature of cloud computing, is a software delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted on the cloud by an independent software vendor (ISV) or an Application Service Providers (ASP).

The primary benefit of Software as a Service is reduced cost for everyone involved and customers don’t have to shell out the large up-front costs of fully purchasing software and would instead pay nominal rental fees to access the large central copy of the software. Basically it provides on demand, 24x7x365 on-demand-software that satisfies a particular business need.

Our aim at HDM is to deliver all our software via the SaaS model as it frees the end-user or customer from the tyranny of the traditional software product release business model. HDM software services are responsive to customer requirements and are updated more frequently on a weekly or monthly basis, driven by:

• Customer feature needs and requests
• Access to live data to facilitate and expedite design and regression testing
• Research and Development

HDM SaaS offering endeavours to provide the following benefits to the customer:

• Innovation
• Robust Security Model
• Regulatory Compliance
• Transparency
• On-and Off Premise Data Replication
• Live Analytics
• Customer-Oriented Service Levels

• Business Architecture

HDM’s Business Architecture Methodology aims to bridge the chasm between business operations and information technology. The underlying philosophy is that IT must respond quickly to the ever-changing business landscape. The methodology is comprised of three core elements which are the Functional Architecture, which elicits the core, strategic and support functions of a business unit, a Business Process Architecture which elicits the processes within each function (this includes shared and common processes and how they fit in the end-to-end value chain), an Information Architecture which elicits information requirements and ownership of the organisation. The Business Process Architecture, which is an organisation–wide business process model, forms the basis, business case and blueprint of the implementation of the Business Process Management System. Business Architecture is also used as a yardstick to ensure that IT has a right mix of applications to support the business and forms the basis from which a Service Oriented Architecture can be developed to support core Business Processes. The Methodology also tells if the Information Technology landscape has the right mix of applications and infrastructure to support the business with minimal redundancy and cost. Lastly, it effectively shows which services in an Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will provide the most value to the business if the organisation intends to pursue a SOA.
• Functional Architecture
• Application Architecture Rationalization
• Business Process Architecture
• Service Oriented Architecture
• Compliance Management "e; Metadata Management

• Open Source

The internet would not be as it is today if open source programs such as Apache, Sendmail, PERL, PHP and the Berkeley BIND (which translates IP addresses to domain names) did not exist. Open source software has over the years proven itself to be robust, reliable, secure and best of all, free. Major software corporations such as Google, Oracle, Sybase, SGI, BEA, Inprise, and IBM and many others have released products and services that take advantage of this revolutionary software development paradigm. The Open Source platform gives customers an opportunity to cut costs on software licenses and invest more on the services and solutions that they need. In a nutshell, open source software and solutions empower the end-user.
• Open Source Strategy
• Open Source Policy Development
• Open Source Technologies Development - Linux, Apache, MySQL PHP (LAMP) Implementation & Support