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This is part of a series looking at the distribution software industry. This article examines the role the Internet is playing in driving change in the way distributors do business.

In the last decade, the Internet has been one of the key drivers of technology development.
 
The Internet is the backbone today for anybody that’s in distribution, anybody in the supply chain and supply chain execution,”Rod Winger, Epicor’s director of product marketing. “You could not do what we do today without the Internet.”
 
e-Commerce
The emphasis on having information available anytime from anywhere has been a driving force behind many companies’moving into the realm of e-commerce, doing business with suppliers and …

This is part of a series looking at the distribution software industry. This article examines the pros and cons of Software as a Service, a model of software deployment where the distributor, for a monthly fee, accesses a business application over the Internet.
 
In an industry where margins are tight, upgrading technology is often put off until absolutely necessary. High upfront costs and licensing fees for new products deter many businesses from making an investment. But a recent trend -Software as a Service -may be opening doors for even the smallest of distributors to buy into new technology.
 
Not everybody believes that Software as a Service, or SaaS -a model of software deployment where an application is hosted as a service and accessed by the …