Cloud computing is turning out to be a huge disruptive force. We know at high level that among the Cloud offerings, infrastructure is a commodity. And, when it comes to SaaS, it’s un-differentiated offering in the sense that you may end up sharing the same Application capabilities with your competitors.
Through this webcast, we hope to help understand why ‘Platform as a Service’ is that competitive leverage for your enterprise. We will also point out how “Platforms in the cloud” are changing everything in IT landscape.
Sophisticated Visual PaaS offerings provide a unified environment that empowers both "hard-core programmers" as well as "citizen developers" to develop business applications. CIOs are seeing PaaS as a viable option to embrace "citizen developers" thereby empowering business to innovate and make the transition from Information Technology to Business Technology.
Visual PaaS is going to change everything, again!
Platform-as-a-Service Changes Everything Again! "Visual PaaS" is Here!!!
1. Platform as a Service changes
everything, again!
Visual PaaS is here!!!
2. Pre cloud era CIOs standardized platforms around Java & .Net, combining disparate architectural
elements in order to achieve the Enterprise Platforms capability
3. Platforms on the Cloud Composite, Self-contained, Pre-integrated, Business
Application Platform stacks on the cloud; provided as service
4. Convergence of technologies
Visual de
velopme
nt Enterprise integration
Workflow engine analytics Integration servers Virtualization
Platforms
Enterprise mobility On The Cloud
Rich internet apps
5. Platforms on
the cloud
iPaaS aPaaS
(Integration PaaS) (Application PaaS)
» Integrated
&
Co-‐located
Suite
of
» Development
&
Deployment
of
cloud
services
for
Integra7on
&
mul7-‐tenant
elas7cally
scalable
governance
ini7a7ves
Business
Apps
» Cloud
enabled
Integra7on
» Cloud
enabled
Applica7on
Pla:orms
(CEIP)
Pla:orms
(CEAP)
» eCommerce
B2B,
SOA,
» Composite
Business
Applica7on
Integra7on
Middleware
Pla:orm
» Boomi,
Cast
Iron,
Mule
iON
» OrangeScape,
force.com
Courtesy: Gartner
6. Classes of
Abstraction Modeling Productivity
P S
Metadata Metadata
created
in
visual
modeling
environment
that
is
interpreted
by
the
aPaaS
at
aPaaS run7me
Framework Code
deployment
conforming
to
framework
&
let
the
pla:orm
worry
about
deploying
it
onto
aPaaS compute
nodes
Instance Deploy
applica7on
code
to
instances
of
virtual
machines
aPaaS
Granularity Programming Control
7. The Rise Of C i#zen
Develope
a
use
r
:
Noun
r
opera7ng
ou
tside
the
IT
and
its
Citizen Developers scop
go
e
of
enterprise
vernance
who
b u s in e
creates
new
s s
a p p li c a 7 o
n s
f o r
ers
from
consu mp7on
by
oth
mposi7on.
scratch
or
by
co
Cloud Delivery Models
Maturation of SOA
Changing Workforce Dynamics
Mass Customization
Simplified Development Tools
8. The Balance conundrum
Citizen Developers Professional Developers
Business-‐Domain
oriented
Technology
oriented
Power
Users
or
close
to
them
IT
Architects
&
Programmers
Part
of
Line
of
Business
(LOB)
Part
of
IT
Organiza7on
Two extremes of Platform Capability
Requirements
9. The New Normal! Visual P S™ changes the game.
business
• Modeling
driven
process/app
development
Platform • Business
driven,
IT
supported
Implementation • Fast,
Itera7ve,
Visual,
Ci7zen
development
• Complex
&
Core
Enterprise
Apps
• Business
Value
Liaison
with
LOB
Platform • Shared
Services
and
Support
Governance
• Pla:orm
Capability
Planning
&
Alignment
• Pla:orm
Capability
Platform • Shared
Common
infrastructure
Engineering
• Architectural
stack
and
App
Pla:orm
Technology
10. Time to Act. How do you decide?
PaaS works best for » Not
accoun7ng
for
poten7al
Vendor
Lock-‐in
» Delivering
Apps
faster
than
conven7onal
approaches
» Miscalcula7on
of
cloud
» Developing
“petabyte”
based
Architectural
path
Apps
» Misplaced
Cost
Savings
» Developing
stateless
Expecta7ons
services
» Over-‐or-‐under-‐emphasis
» Delivering
&
enabling
on
Security
&
Reliability
Departmental
&
Web
Apps
» Delivering
transac7onal
Business
Apps
&
processes
Potential Risks
Courtesy: Forrester
11. A word on lock-in (You need flexibility…)
You
don’t
know
what
3 Cloud
cloud
deployment
op3on
people
want
2 virtualized private Hybrid
today,
and
will
sustain
tomorrow!
public
VM
|
VM
VM
|
VM
VM
|
VM
1 Distributed Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
Cross-Cloud Deployment
Capability is the key to
mitigating Lock-in!
Earlier Yesterday Today Tomorrow
12. YES.
Visual PaaS™ is here!
Picking
the
right
pla;orm
for
the
cloud
is
the
first
step
to
Strategic
Advantage!