From Software as a Service to Cloud Computing
Vikram. MurdeshwarProduct Marketing Application Performance SolutionsDecember 2008
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Software as a Service (SaaS)
Key Drivers for SaaS Adoption
Cost effectiveness Easy to deploy/ implement
Common SaaS applications
CRM/ SFA, Finance, BI, BPM, GRC, Sourcing and Procurement, e-Learning, Collaboration, HRMS
Key Drivers for moving from On-Premise to SaaS
Finding the right mix of applications that can be outsourced or kept in-house Lower Total Cost of Ownership Inability to obtain the desired ROI and performance levels with traditional solutions
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Akamai’s unique global view of SaaS Transaction
• Akamai-accelerated SaaS transactions increase 10X over the past two years
• Reliable and fast application response times boost user satisfaction in 146 countries
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Key Challenges for SaaS Companies
Improve Application performance and availability
Lower management and support costs
Expanding into new markets
Ensure security
Akamai’s Highly Distributed EdgePlatform Server deployments in over 3,000 network locations
Within one network hop of 85%+ of the world’s Internet users
Akamai’s Approach
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Cloud Computing
Gained significant traction as a ‘Concept’ but not a reality in the Enterprise… yet
Very few Enterprises will build their own cloud due to TCO.
Why is Cloud Computing interesting for Enterprises?
Lowering Capital and Operational Costs Business Agility and efficiency
Challenges
Ownership of the Cloud Regulating the Cloud Security for your mission Critical Applications housed in the Cloud
In Reality only few companies can support a Cloud Computing Environment.
Companies will mix and match the right cloud/ internet technologies depending on factors such as application design, complexity, business value etc..
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What is needed for Cloud Computing to be a reality ?
The Internet is still not regulated, robust and safe enough to handle the coming Cloud Computing offerings.
Important things to look for in a Cloud Computing Service
Security Compliance Support SLA Location of Data Global performance
Akamai has already built a business cloud infrastructure that offers SLA’s for SaaS and Application Acceleration today and will be leveraged by Cloud Computing vendors as they emerge.
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Akamai for In-The-Cloud Optimizations
= With Akamai= Without Akamai
performance availability
security scale/offload