...Sector Paper – Cloud Computing analysis July 28, 2013 Sector Paper – Cloud Computing analysis July 28, 2013 Table of Contents Overview of Cloud Computing 2 I. Cloud Market Rivalry 3 II. Threats of New Entrants 7 III. Bargaining Power of Clients (and Customers) 8 IV. Threats of Substitutes 9 V. Bargaining Power of Suppliers 10 Works Cited 11 Overview of Cloud Computing National Institute of Standards and Technology defines Cloud computing as the ability for users to have on-demand access to a shared pool of compute resources called the cloud infrastructure. The cloud infrastructure can be viewed as containing both a physical layer and an abstraction layer. The physical layer consists of the hardware resources that are necessary to support the cloud services being provided, and typically includes server, storage and network components. The abstraction layer consists of the software deployed across the physical layer, which manifests the essential cloud characteristics. Conceptually the abstraction layer sits above the physical layer (NIST, 2011). The graphic above from NIST defines the Essential Characters, Service Models, and Deployment Models for Cloud Computing. Using Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model (Schilling, p. 74-76), we can examine the challenges that impact Cloud Computing from 5 perspectives as detailed in the sections below. * Rivalry among existing competitors * Threats of New Entrants * Bargaining...
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...between organizations, and accessed by users or applications. The users may be members of the organizations working on-premise, remote workers, customers, or members of the general public. Cloud computing has three service models. These are the basic kinds of service that cloud service providers provide. They are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). [1] Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a cloud model which allows organizations to outsource computing equipment and resources such as servers, storage, networking as well as services, such as load balancing and content delivery networks. The IaaS provider owns and maintains the equipment while the organization rents out the specific services it needs, usually on a "pay as you go" basis. Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a cloud model designed for software developers. PaaS is used to develop web and mobile applications using components that are maintained by the service provider, including programming languages, application servers and databases. Software as a Service (SaaS) is a cloud...
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...extensively deals with providing the hardware in a cloud. This includes servers, routers, network equipment, firewall etc. However, all this hardware is of no use without a platform to help developers develop their applications, based on which the businesses can actually operate. Cloud computing platforms, which are otherwise known as Platform as a Service (PaaS), are therefore the middle level of cloud computing, which is extremely important for businesses to utilize the infrastructure and software that are available in the cloud. In order to make the most out of cloud computing platforms, irrespective of whether you are a business owner or a developer, it is important to understand the various aspects of this middle layer. Here is a brief overview of this aspect of cloud computing. When a business requires an application to be developed for its use, usually developers invest a lot of money into gathering the requisite infrastructure for its onsite development. But with cloud computing platforms, they can be delivered on the web. So, you can easily develop your applications without investing heavy amounts of money into buying software and other necessary tools for the process. Being a web based platform, it is easy for you to access the required software and tools without downloading them or installing them on your computer or system. CLOUD ADVERTISING Advertising is an age-old trick used to increase the consumption of products or services. The advent of the Internet has given...
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...Index Sr No | Topic | 1 | Executive summary | 2 | Literature review | 3 | Introduction | 4 | Overview of Zenith Infotech | 5 | Process- Marketing and Pricing strategy | 6 | Overview of Zenith Infotech | 7 | Learning | 8 | Future scope | 9 | References | Executive summary Time-to-market, more flexible support for business strategies by IT, and faster response time to competitive conditions are combining to accelerate cloud computing adoption today. This report aims to learn the major aspects of IT sales especially in cloud computing, which involves understanding the technologies involved in the functioning of an IT business model. For this purpose, various articles were referred and few corporate visits were done within the span of two-week of the SLIP. The report discusses various information about overview of top IT companies, types of cloud, virtualization, Saas, Paas, DRaas, Capex, Opex, Marketing and pricing strategies involved in cloud solutions. Our professional mentor was from Zenith Infotech. Zenith Infotech is an international company that specializes in delivering innovative business continuity and cloud computing solutions for IT service providers. The report further discusses Zenith’s products,learnings imbibed from the programme and the future scope of cloud computing in detail. Literature Review 1.Identifying Cloud Computing Security Risks (February 2011) -Paul Wooley Tyco Electronics Abstract Cloud computing services including...
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...ResearchBeam has announced a new Report Package "Telco Cloud Market (Industry) Share, Growth, Opportunities, Technology, Analysis, Report" Report Overview Can telcos compete with the heavyweights? This report provides an in-depth exploration of telecom carriers’ positioning and strategies in the enterprise cloud computing market. It identifies the impediments and assets that telcos have in establishing a solid and lasting foothold in the different cloud segments: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. The report also delivers an analysis of how telcos and the market’s dominant players are positioned in each cloud segment and supplies estimates of telcos’ share of the cloud computing market, along with revenue projections for the next five years. Slideshow contents The cloud market, 2014 - 2018 • A market that keeps on growing See Complete Details at: http://www.researchbeam.com/telco-cloud-market Telcos’ role in the cloud • Assets telcos can leverage to get them out of their slump • Multiple distribution channels Telcos’ cloud strategies • Strategies that vary from telco to telco • Still only a small share of the main markets • IaaS and SaaS market opportunities • Telcos can expect solid growth up to 2018 Enquire About Report at: http://www.researchbeam.com/telco-cloud-market/enquire-about-report Companies covered in the report • Cisco • Cloud Foundry • CloudBees • CSC • Dell • Deutsche Telekom • EMC • Engine Yard • eyeOS • GoGrid • Google •...
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...How can Play On Toys ensure its information technology systems are ready for growth? Issue: Play On Toys has enjoyed 5 years of success in the European market, experiencing strong growth, particularly in the past year, increasing its staff from 16 to 60 employees. With 200 customers, Play On Toys fulfils 3000 orders annually, with a turnover of 5million Euro and 1.4 million in pre-tax profit. Having expanded its range from 2 to 20 products, Play On Toys now works with 30 suppliers to acquire the 110 parts required to manufacture its wares. Expansion into Asia, Africa and America is planned over the coming three years, with the accompanying growth and challenges of moving into new markets and expanding the operation, Play On Toys is at a critical junction. Ensuring that internal systems are functioning at highest efficiency and are prepared for growth are essential elements for the continued success of Play On Toys. Currently, records and information for critical areas including sales, financial, production, and customer relations are held in isolated electronic and paper files as well as some small databases. Essential reporting and transaction processing are highly dependent on manual inputs. Critically, sales orders submitted via the website must be manually processed by sales administrators in a process requiring printing orders and entering them into a spreadsheet manually. The current system of record keeping and reporting lacks cohesion and efficiency, and coupled...
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...companies to “Dramatically reduce budgeting and forecasting cycle times by up to 90%” (Product Overview). “Allowing them to make faster, more informed and better decisions” (Product Overview). This paper will discuss the alternative of cloud computing and many of the other assets to automating the CPM cycle. We will discuss Bridon American Corporation’s (BAC’s) process of forecasting, budgeting and financial reporting prior to implementation and after implementation of Adaptive Planning. Keywords: forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, cloud computing The Future of Corporate Performance Management “Corporate Performance Management is a cycle that begins with budgeting and continues to comparison of actual performance against the plan” (Product Overview). “Reports and dashboards are used to analyze real-time data, and compare it to what was planned. Based on this analysis, the cycle begins again, with what-if analysis and re-forecasting” (Product Overview). “A truly integrated and automated cycle has tight collaboration among managers throughout the organization, as well as tight integration between systems- the GL and other enterprise systems, and the software used for planning, reporting and analysis”(Product Overview). “Companies that can achieve this automated and integrated CPM cycle can provide valuable insight for strategic decision- making”. (Product Overview). “Adaptive Planning can decrease planning times and increase accuracy, improve company side...
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...Electronic Health Record Selection Process DeVry University HSM 330 Professor: Dr. Eric Oestmann Introduction More and more healthcare facilities are switching over to electronic health records. With that switch comes the mind-bending process of selecting which electronic health records system is the best in regards to features, functionality, and cost effectiveness. What healthcare administrators, and their teams, will be looking for is; a) An increased access to healthcare records, so a larger database b) Support in the medical providers decision-making process c) Increase communication between healthcare staff, and with the patient d) Be cost effective, not only in the purchase price but also the price of training and implementation. NextGen Electronic Health Record System Dating back to 2001 when NextGen first started as an electronic health record system, it has been striving, and evolving, to become the best electronic health record system around. Jordan Barrish reports (2014) that as of 2014 NextGen EHR only has about 4,000 clients. That would not be even close to being the biggest EHR provider, or system. However, they do report that they have interoperability between third party systems and Health Information Exchanges (HIE) (NextGen HIE 2015). NextGen does have some great support tools for medical providers and patients alike. For the office, they have a practice management system that can increase productivity, and incoming revenue...
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...Shall we put our heads in the cloud? A report into the plausibility of investing in cloud computing December 1st 2014 Anonymous student number: Z0942701 Contents Executive summary: * Objectives of the report * Overview of subject matter * Findings * Recommendations Introduction: * Definition of cloud computing * History/ background Discussion The different types of cloud computing services * Software-as-a-service or SaaS * Platform-as-a-service or PaaS * Infrastructure-as-a-Service or IaaS The different types of cloud computing deployment Conclusion: * The major inferences that can be drawn from the analysis and evaluation References: * A list of the reference material consulted during research for report in the Harvard referencing format ...
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...| SaaS Technology for SMEs | Kriti Soral | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Small and Medium sized Enterprises 2 SMEs in India 3 SMEs and ERP 3 Barriers to implementation of ERP systems in SME’s 4 Strategies used 5 Saas Technology 5 Advantages of SaaS for SMEs 6 SaaS Vendors 7 Case Studies 7 SAP for 10 Users Company- Heckler & Koch GB 7 SaaS ERP for Oxford Bookstore 9 References 10 Introduction Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) can mostly be considered as responsible for driving the competition prevailing in economic sectors. The definition and standards of a SME is different for different countries. These enterprises play an important role in setting the market trends and with this a need of using Enterprise Resources and Planning systems (ERP) for optimizing and automating their traditional business processes has aroused. But often ERP systems development, implementation and maintenance are very costly which makes it difficult for SMEs to use them. As a solution to these problems ERP system vendors now offer all the facilities of ERP system to the company without actually installing the hardware and software on the client side and this facility is referred to as Saas technology. This paper discusses SMEs of India, barriers of implementing ERP in SMEs, strategies used by ERP vendors and brief description of SaaS technology. Small and Medium sized Enterprises SME sector has been identified as an accelerator for economic growth...
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...Information Technology Implementation Plan for ProComm Technology Solutions, an IT Consulting Company George Lisboa Jr. American Public University System Abstract Companies must constantly search for new advantages, make smart entrepreneurial decisions, and orchestrate strategic change in order to stay ahead of the competition. Most of the world’s leading companies make regular use of consulting services to help them build and strengthen their competitive advantages. In responding to uncommon situations or those not previously encountered, companies often do not have the time, expertise, or experience to develop solutions or prepare important decisions internally. In situations that go beyond the day-to-day IT management of the company, an IT consulting firm can be highly valuable. Experienced consultants can help facilitate and drive a major endeavor. Outside experts can also serve as a functioning partner, challenging management with a keen, impartial view. This paper attempts to analyze the IT implementation requirements of an IT consulting company and the services offered, products served and the clients that need them. The IT requirement needs of this business is a collection of facts, resources, ideas, planning methods and processes that form the basis of a business plan implementation. In researching this paper, I have compiled resources from various books, literature and journals that enabled me to put together the IT requirement needs of an IT consulting...
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...Telecom Italia Strategic Plan Update MARCO PATUANO Safe Harbour These presentations contain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements appear in a number of places in this presentation and include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the customer base, estimates regarding future growth in the different business lines and the global business, market share, financial results and other aspects of the activities and situation relating to the Company and the Group. Such forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in the forward looking statements as a result of various factors. Forward-looking information is based on certain key assumptions which we believe to be reasonable as of the date hereof, but forward looking information by its nature involves risks and uncertainties, which are outside our control, and could significantly affect expected results. Analysts are cautioned not to place undue reliance on those forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation. Telecom Italia S.p.A. undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to these forward looking statements which may be made to reflect events and circumstances after the date of this presentation...
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...across public, private, and hybrid clouds. Our SaaS solution delivers unprecedented insights into usage trends and cost allocation coupled with custom prescriptive actions for enhancing performance and reducing spend. Use Cases Whether you’re a CFO who needs to control costs, a DevOps who works on optimizing resource allocation, or a CIO who needs a real-time overview of all cloud activity, Cloudyn enables you to take control of your cloud. Control Cloud Costs Companies today need to move fast to remain relevant and competitive. While cloud computing delivers the agility and scalability required for speedy innovation, costs can soar if not managed properly. Cloudyn provides the finance organization with clarity into cloud cost drivers, tools for cost allocation along with recommendations for optimizing spend and increasing ROI. Plan and Monitor Your Cloud CIOs are responsible for making sure that work gets done quickly, securely and cost-effectively. Whether managing a massive map-reduce job or figuring out which customers are the costliest to support, CIOs need answers on how their cloud resources are performing and what the cost impact is. Cloudyn provides the CIO with tools for assessing cloud efficiency based on detailed performance and cost metrics, across all deployments and environments. Optimize Your Cloud DevOps have successfully leveraged cloud computing to increase productivity and dramatically shorten time-to-market. But the ease with which instances and environments...
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...COMPANY PROFILE Oracle Corporation REFERENCE CODE: C0CB6D9E-4EFE-4621-B998-73B241B46317 PUBLICATION DATE: 23 May 2014 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Oracle Corporation TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................4 Oracle Corporation © MarketLine Page 2 Oracle Corporation Company Overview COMPANY OVERVIEW Oracle Corporation (Oracle or “the company”) is a provider of enterprise software, computer hardware products and services. The company operates in more than 145 countries across the world. Oracle is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and employed 120,000 people as of May 31, 2013. The company recorded revenues of $37,180 million during the financial year ended May 2013 (FY2013), an increase of 0.2% over FY2012. The increase in revenues was due to an increase in Oracle’s software business revenues. The operating profit of the company was $14,684 million in FY2013, an increase of 7.1% over FY2012. The net profit was $10,925 million in FY2013, an increase of 9.5% over FY2012. KEY FACTS Head Office Oracle Corporation...
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...CLOUD COMPUTING – An Overview Abstract Resource sharing in a pure plug and play model that dramatically simplifies infrastructure planning is the promise of „cloud computing‟. The two key advantages of this model are easeof-use and cost-effectiveness. Though there remain questions on aspects such as security and vendor lock-in, the benefits this model offers are many. This paper explores some of the basics of cloud computing with the aim of introducing aspects such as: Realities and risks of the model Components in the model Characteristics and Usage of the model The paper aims to provide a means of understanding the model and exploring options available for complementing your technology and infrastructure needs. An Overview Cloud computing is a computing paradigm, where a large pool of systems are connected in private or public networks, to provide dynamically scalable infrastructure for application, data and file storage. With the advent of this technology, the cost of computation, application hosting, content storage and delivery is reduced significantly. Cloud computing is a practical approach to experience direct cost benefits and it has the potential to transform a data center from a capital-intensive set up to a variable priced environment. The idea of cloud computing is based on a very fundamental principal of „reusability of IT capabilities'. The difference that cloud computing brings compared to traditional concepts of “grid computing”, “distributed computing”, “utility...
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