{"id":1645,"date":"2010-09-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2010-06-25T07:06:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T15:06:37","slug":"time-to-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/?p=1645","title":{"rendered":"Time to Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I got the following message on my browser:<\/p>\n

Unfortunately your web-browser is from 2001, which is really, really old in web years. If you would take a moment to upgrade you will find the web has a lot more to offer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, let me point out that this was not actually my computer or any computer issued by my employer, just in case those of you who know me have any confusion over this.\u00a0 On my own PC and the one issued by my employer, I run both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, with Chrome as my primary browser.\u00a0 Let it be known, that this is the first time I have ever seen a message like this, and I thought it was hilarious.<\/p>\n

The second thought that came to mind was that if everything was like Google (I also use Gmail, Google Voice, Google Maps, Google Documents, Google Android, Google images for the site – I have no idea about this post’s image – I just thought it was funny\"\"<\/a> (ok, stop advert)) then I would never ever get this message again.\u00a0 This turned into a nice thought about SaaS.\u00a0 In a true SaaS environment, you\u2019d never have to upgrade anything individually since someone else is managing it to the latest version release for you.<\/p>\n

What is funny is that 2001 is not only old in web years, it\u2019s also old in HR technology years now.\u00a0 Sure, you might still have some PeopleSoft and SAP sitting around (almost definitely) but I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019re not on version 8.1 (I\u2019m guessing what was out in 2001) or SAP 4.\u00a0 Back in 2001, I don\u2019t even know if we were calling \u201cit\u201d talent management yet.\u00a0 We were still on Web 1.0, and were still getting used to the idea that the internet was going to be around for a while.<\/p>\n

The second statement was less humor and more truth.\u00a0 If I would just get up to date, my entire experience would be so much richer.\u00a0 This again, is the great thing about SaaS.\u00a0 While a couple organizations out there are going to semiannual or annual major releases, there are still quite a few companies that are pushing out new functionality on a quarterly basis.\u00a0 While each of these does not necessarily have features that are either high impact or high need by all client populations, over time, not having those updates would have resulted in a pretty large gap in experience for your end users.\u00a0 Luckily in a SaaS environment, you don\u2019t have to worry about that.<\/p>\n

Certainly there are obstacles to the upgrades.\u00a0 Every now and then it means that you have a downstream system receiving data that has to undergo a change in the interface, or you may have applied a customization in the system that needs to be thought out.\u00a0 Perhaps there is just a cost parameter that is prohibitive.\u00a0 All things considered, these obstacles should have been thought through during the initial implementation cycle.\u00a0 You never think about your software as \u201cit\u2019s so cool now that I just want to keep it this way forever, therefore I\u2019ll put so many barriers to upgrade in that I\u2019ll never do it.\u201d\u00a0 Instead, we think we\u2019re doing the right thing for our organizations by allowing modifications and exceptions, but 5 years down the road we realize how much better off we would have been if we were running our users on a current version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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