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The Future Ahead: Cloud Computing
Kantanu Kundu
Founder & CEO, A2Zapps.com
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“Computation may someday be
organized as a public utility…” organized as a public utility…”
opined McCarthy during 60s
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A new way of delivering
solutions to customers over
What Is Cloud?
solutions to customers over
the web
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Why Is It Getting So Popular?
Focus on Business, Not Technology
ON-TIMEON-BUDGET?
DRIVINGREVENUE?
THE BUSINESSWEB…LOW COST &
RISK?
COMPLETEVIEW?
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HIGH USERADOPTION?
VISIBILITY &INSIGHT?
Traditional Software On-Demand Utility
On-Demand (Pay-as-you-Grow)22
Build Your Own Plug In, Subscribe
Pay-per-use
Delivers Value in Weeks Not YearsR
OI
RiskRisk
27 monthBreakeven
Value to Customer
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Traditional Solution
ROI
6 monthBreakeven
Cloud-based Solution
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Time
Go Live~ 12 Months
Time
Go Live~ 1-4 Weeks
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Mash-Ups: Composite Web Services AppsCombining heterogeneous web services creates new apps & value
Mapphotosapartments
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www.housingmaps.com www.flikrmap.com www.amazon.com
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Ok. I got it….but confused with so
many buzzwords
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Who you provide to?
What do you provide?
How do you provide?
The Consumer Cloud
The Enterprise Cloud
Salesforce.com Microsoft DynamicsSalesforce.com
Rackspace
Amazon EC2
A2Zapps.com
Microsoft Azure
Netmagic
Microsoft Dynamics
SAP Business ByDesign
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What do you provide?
SaaS - Business Applications – CRM, HR,ERP etc.
IaaS - Server Infrastructure & Management
PaaS - Development Platform
Software-as-a-ServiceNo Applications Market Is Untouched
Office
https://www.google.com/hostedhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/email/
www.zimbra.com
many others…
Word
www.writely.com
www.writeboard.com
www.inetword.com
many others…
Spreadsheets
www.numsum.com
www.irows.com
many others…
Database Document Mgmt
www.pxn8.com
www.pixoh.com
many others…
Graphics
Contacts Project Mgmt.
www.dabbledb.com
www.Lazybase.com
www.quickbase.com
many others…
www.buildonline.com
www.blinksale.com
many others…
www.linkedin.com
www.plaxo.com
many others…
www.basecamp.com
www.jot.com
www.dreamfactory.com
many others…
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Platform-as-a-Service
Build SaaS Applications
‘In’ Cloud Vs. ‘For’ Cloud
Force.com MS Azure
A2Zapps.com OrangeScape
SaaS Vs. PaaS
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Infrastructure-as-a-ServiceCloud Enabler
offering virtualized servers on offering virtualized servers on pay-as-your-use model…
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How do you provide?
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Single TenantIsolated
Multi-TenantShared
Private Vs. Public Cloud
� Multiple Software Versions
� Higher Maintenance/IT Cost
� Less Vendor Innovation
� Higher Control (Just a perception)
� Greater Vendor Innovation
� High Performance and Any Time
Monitored Infrastructure for Every
Customer
Easy Meta Data Customization
Customer A Customer B
� Upgrade Meta-Customizations With Zero Customer Effort
Database
Meta-Customizations
Stored in Database
1 to 10,000+ Users on the Same Instance
SOHO SMB Enterprise
� World-class performance & scalability for any-size business
• Same Features
• Same Performance
• Same Scalability
• Same Reliability
• Same Global Solution
Better Integrate-ability & Extensibility
• Multiple ways for Integrating External Applications
with SaaS Platform
– Web Services/XML/REST API
– HTTP URL
• Mass Data Import or Export Interface
• Support for AJAX – Advanced Java Script And XML
Development-as-a-ServiceBe Your Own Developer. Choose Right Platform. Develop and Deliver in Few Days.
• Don’t Invest in Hardware or Software Tools
• Subscribe to SaaS Platform & Develop Unlimited
Business Apps for Any Industry
• Use Extensibility Features of SaaS Platform, Mash-
ups To Create New Servicesups To Create New Services
• Focus more on Customer’s business needs than
programming languages
• Deploy Solutions For Your Customers In Few
Days/Weeks
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New Technologies Shaping the Future of Software
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On Demand is the Future of Software…
FAQ
FAQ
• How do these SaaS platform (PaaS) help
independent developers, innovators?
• What will the role of a software consulting company
be in the future?be in the future?
• I want to develop a solution on a SaaS platform.
What is the next step?
Follow our blogs at http://blogs.A2Zapps.com to know more about Cloud and its usage