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Company BackgroundAV/Mail expertiseDedicated research
Technologies
Mission StatementCommitment / SupportBusiness Model - Partners
About AXIGEN / Gecad
The need for virtualization in a hosted environmentEyes-on: the SaaS Model
SaaS Maturity Levels
The AXIGEN approach / Tools UsedSecurityLevels of servicesTechnologyMultitenancy
Taking the approach to another levelIntegrationScenarios
Wrap up / Q&A
Agenda
ObjectivesLower costsCentralized manageabilityLarger user base
PremisesEveryone has a computer Computing itself is a commodity Applications are standardized Parametric applications are usable Web systems are reliable enough Security is sufficiently well trusted and transparent Wide Area Network's bandwidth has grown drastically following the Moore's Law
The need for virtualization in the SaaS model
Few or no apps delivered from the
Data CenterSome applications
delivered from the Data Center
Evolving IT business
OS and apps locally installed
Application environments have the flexibility of running from virtualized hosted server,
depending on needs
Client-Server Model Server Based Computing
Few or no apps on the client
Complete application runs on hosted server in data
center or virtualized
Virtual Machine Computing(virtualized-hosted or virtualized)
ASPs host applications with HTML frontends added as an afterthought.
The focus in SaaS is more on what the customer wants rather than what the vendor could give.
Multitenancy ready
The AXIGEN approach, good for ASPs or for Saas?
Delegated Administration
Domain Containers
Reporting plus SNMP
Internal engine
SaaS model explained
Tenancy Partitioning
Scaling
Monitoring & Metering
Distributed Services
SaaS maturity levels
1. Individually customized for each tenant
2. Detailed configuration capabilities
3. Each customer’s data is kept separated
4. Load balancing, scalability
Safe defaults of configuration files and user settingsOngoing processCentralized upgrading/patchingSecurity/usability scenarios
Security by Deployment ?!
ScopeMethodsResourcesPermisionsInheritanceGroupsPossibilities
Delegated Administration (ACL)
AttributesInherited/ExplicitFiltersDomain Defaults/Account Classes/User
Gold/Silver differentiatior
Account classes / Levels of services
CustomizableMultiple selectable filteringAccount Classes defined
AntiVirus / AntiSpam
Technologies
Stardards compliancyOlder safer world / now unsafe
Proprietary technologies / standards / unsafe world
Helps virtualizationMore examples of complex routing
BlacklistsMx-es prioritiesSpam blacklisting
Routing technology
Aspects of multitenancy:Cost savingsComplexityCommunity
AXIGEN technologies achieve multitenancy:Customization – i.e. login Quality of serviceVirtualization
Multitenancy of AXIGEN
DeploymentCustom config - CLISeamless upgrades
Another level of SaaS model: AXIGEN + Virtuozzo
AXIGEN cluster minimal architectureLDAP Single sign-on
AXIGEN’s clustering capabilities
Possible scenarios
Resold mail serviceFreelancer administrator as a clientOutsourcing messaging needs
Ease of scalability even in virtualized environments
Virtualized SaaS: technology trendEasiness of multitenancy
Scalability
Automated custom deployment
Full featured applications
SaaS becoming a viable business modelNew business oportunities arrise
New market shareSpecific clients
Summary
Find intricate scenarios that would fit this integration:
http://www.axigen.com/usr/files/Axigen-SP-Program.pdf
Start “playing” with AXIGENhttp://www.axigen.com/mail-server/download/
Online Resources: http://www.axigen.com/mail-server/resources.php
24 x 7 Technical Supporthttp://www.axigen.com/support/contact.html
Visit Live DEMO www.axigen.com/demo/webadmin
What to do next ?
Q&A Session
Thank You!
Wrap up