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The quality sector hasn’t seen real software innovation for nearly two decades. Even with an overabundance of options, the available quality software is fragmented, and its dated technology leaves a lot to be desired.

Ineffective quality management systems (QMS) can lead to quality failures, which damage a company’s reputation, waste time, and lead to unanticipated costs. As a result, organizations are replacing paper-based processes and outdated legacy QMS software with modern, cloud solutions to improve productivity and reduce risks.

Many organizations are operating with a “cloud first” mandate. In fact, Gartner reports that more than $1 trillion in IT spending will be directly or indirectly affected by the shift to cloud by 2020.

However, many quality management solutions masquerading as “cloud” aren’t truly cloud. In fact, these solutions are the same old on-premise software systems, just hosted off premise. In other words, these systems are online versions of legacy software and therefore do not deliver all of the highly touted benefits of the cloud.

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