Would you like to leverage software to increase your profits? This modern-day business parable helps you understand the process of qualifying a solution to meet your needs, and whether you should subscribe to an enterprise resource planning cloud product or purchase an on-premises solution. This quick read is written in the style of The One Minute Manager. It tells the fictitious story, based on facts, of Esther, a driven software company founder, and James, an analytical owner of a government contracting firm, who have outgrown their accounting software as they search for a way out of their QuickBooks and spreadsheet hell. Written in simple layman's language, this is not a story for a technical person. It is for the executive or manager who wants to better understand the cloud computing vs. on-premises computing debate. Is cloud computing secure? Is it reliable? How about performance-how quickly can you access your data? Learn this and more by reading this enjoyable story. Read Less