Approach to Enterprise Cloudification with a focus on SaaS

Approach to Enterprise Cloudification with a focus on SaaS

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  APPROACH TO ENTERPRISE CLOUDIFICATIONWITH A FOCUS ON SAAS Presented by: Abhishek Minocha
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  Agenda • Enterprise Cloudification& Expectations • When to use SaaS? • Building the cloud strategy • Choosing the service provider • Avoiding Pitfalls
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  Enterprise Cloudification &Expectations “Customers are asking us to free them from the bondage of mainframe and client-server software.” —Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com Asset light Pay per use Scale at will Reduced maintenance Portability
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  When to useSaaS? SaaS is a complete application delivered as a service to the service consumer. • Out of the box usage • Lack IT expertise or bandwidth • Avoid complex cost accounting • Zero development period
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  Building the cloudstrategy The checklist • The business case • Technical considerations • Business continuity • Cultural shift • Integration model • Suitable candidates for migration
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  Strategy checklist The businessCase • Quantify capex to opex • Non-financial benefits – Customer acquisition, user satisfaction, TTM, higher traffic • Part of overall IT strategy Technical considerations • Audit ratings and certifications • License management • Vendor provides both application stack and physical security • Data Privacy – Tenancy & Isolation Business continuity • SLAs – Availability, reliability & performance • Disaster Recovery – cross region vs cross zone, IP escrows • Regulation compliance • Cyber insurance
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  Strategy checklist A culturalshift • Adjustment to no control • From in-house to vendor management • Dealing with customer support • Organizational change planning Integration model • Application integration costs and effort • Employee training costs • New monitoring mechanisms
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  Suitable candidates formigration Pick these first • Used by a limited group of mobile workers • Limited integration with company databases • Run infrequently but require significant computing resources • Run in a different time zone • SOA applications Prioritize for later • Involve sensitive data • Very performance-sensitive • Require voluminous transactions against an on- premises database • Legacy applications with poor cloud support
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  Choosing the serviceprovider Questions to ask: • Demonstrate Successful Similar Deployments • “Try Before You Buy” Program • Contractual flexibility • SLAs and a strong history of good performance • Security and compliance requirements • Comprehensive disaster recovery plan • Level of customization possible • Integration support
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  Avoiding pitfalls • Migratingapplications without redesign • Expecting unrealistic ROIs • Misguided on cloud security – Zero or total trust • Favorite vendors, not appropriate ones • Underestimating resistance to change • Unable to match skills demand • Technology focus and not business focus during migration
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