The As-a-Service platform enables companies to change the way they buy and receive services to support their business operations. With the “As-a-Service” approach, they don’t need to settle for just on-demand software or infrastructure—they can get everything. It’s an entirely new service economy, with vast potential for transformative outcomes.So why has one region in the world, Asia Pacific, been leading the charge to embrace the As-a-Service model?

1. As-a-Service:
The Asia Pacific
Advantage

2. Asia Pacific is ahead of its Western
counterparts in terms of As-a-Service
investment and adoption
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3. The As-a-Service platform enables
companies
to change the way they buy and receive
services to support their business
operations.
With the “As-a-Service” approach, they don’t need to settle for
just on-demand software or infrastructure—they can get everything.
It’s an entirely new service economy, with vast potential for
transformative outcomes.
So why has one region in the world, Asia Pacific, been leading
the charge to embrace the As-a-Service model?
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4. Why are Europe and North America are less
willing to experiment in As-a-Service
Economy
Concerned that they will not
be able to deliver value with
the same agility and cost
effectiveness as APAC
Western companies are:
2 x more likely to
implement the As-a-Service
sourcing approach than
their Western peers
More tied to existing legacy
technology due to extensive
previous investment
Asia Pacific companies are:
Are more willing to invest
in the technology that is
necessary to leverage the
AaS Model
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5. Asia Pacific buyers are more willing to take
the steps needed to embrace AaS
Flexibility of AaS allows volume based
pricing with no minimum commitments
Future protection enables As-a-Service
offerings to keep buyers up to date
Eco-system Leadership helps to
ensure that all the moving pieces of
the different partnerships are working
together to provide the desired
performance outcomes
Innovation takes advantage of the
Internet of Things (IoT) Networks,
analytics capabilities and connected
platforms to change the way the
company supports their business
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6. A global diversified mining company is migrating its core enterprise information
systems and technology systems to a cloud-based, As-a-Service solution that
incorporates consumption-based pricing.
Reinforcing the AaS value: Case Study
New information systems and
technology delivery model
incorporates:
• Pay-for-use pricing: costs are fully
flexible and services are scalable
based on business demand.
• Modernization of enterprise
resource planning and information
management platforms.
• Consolidating and hosting
applications in the cloud, managed
via the Accenture Cloud Platform.
A cloud-based, As-a-Service
solution delivers:
• Rio Tinto expects to directly benefit
from significant cost savings through
increased business agility and cost
flexibility inherent in cloud services, and
from continued lower infrastructure
prices in line with cloud economic trends.
• The solution is based on a platform
for innovation, including a co-located
innovation hub in Singapore, and a
long-term commitment to partnering.
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7. How to get there?
Service buyers in all parts of the world need to think like entrepreneurs, viewing their
business and processes through an As-a-Service lens.
Engineer a
mindset change by
letting go of legacy
thinking. Look at
ways to migrate
over time if the big
move is too much
Define the
outcome you
seek by looking
at AaS as an
enabler to focus
on the “How?”
Rethink your
partnerships and
build strategic
partnerships that
are more inherently
focused on value
and innovation
Pursue talent that
is progressive and
entrepreneurial
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Accenture accelerating
the As-a-Service economy
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to learn more.
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